The quick guide to Israel political parties stances on foreign policy issues

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Likud’s answer: No, this would allow ISIS to control Syria Israel does not intervene in the Syrian civil war but will not allow attacks from the country to be launched at Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) said Wednesday, a day after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria and other regional issues. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories FREE SIGN UP! “You ask about the future of [Israel’s] relations with President [Bashar] Assad? I would ask what is the future of President Assad in general?” Netanyahu told Russian Jewish leaders. “We do not interfere in this issue. We’re making sure that Syria won’t become a launchpad for attacks against Israel.”Source

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Likud’s answer: Yes, but only for those who do not pursue further education or employment Likud MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Likud’s answer: No, we should eliminate any opportunity for terrorists to enter the country Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) on Sunday rejected a call to host refugees from Syria and elsewhere, saying that while Israel is "not indifferent to the human tragedy of the refugees," it is not in a position to take them in. ... Netanyahu stressed Israel’s medical care for over 1,000 injured Syrians, as well as efforts to aid African nations and thus stem the flow of migrants. However, he said that Israel’s “lack of demographic and geographic depth” requires controlling its borders against both “illegal migrants and terrorism.” ... Immigrant Absorption Minister Zeev Elkin (Likud) accused Herzog of gambling on Israel’s strategic interests for the sake of “one minute of favor” in international media. He also expressed the fear that the refugee crisis could give Palestinians an opening to bring the so-called right of return, which would allow Palestinians to return to land they occupied before the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, in “through the back door.” Transportation Minister Israel Katz (Likud) said it would be a mistake for Israel to get involved in the Syrian civil war by taking in refugees. “We are too close, too involved. We are not a European country,” he said.Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Likud’s answer: Increase Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports a major increase in the 2016 defense budget, according to preliminary discussions in recent days at the Ministry of Finance as part of preparations for the proposed 2015-2016 budget. Netanyahu, who is still serving as acting Minister of Finance until a new government is sworn in, ordered the Ministry of Finance professional echelons to consider the budget consequences of increasing the defense budget beyond the NIS 55 billion allocated in the Ministry of Finance's planning for 2016.Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

Likud voters: No Source

Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

Likud voters: Decrease Source

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party] have not answered this question yet. Would you like to suggest their answer?

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party]’s answer: Yes, but with less focus on military training and more focus on education and skill development Yesh Atid MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party]’s answer: No, and send all refugees back to Syria Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid voiced his opposition Saturday to the possibility that Israel would absorb any refugees from the civil war in Syria, and stressed that the Jewish state must not take any steps that may in the future legitimatize the implementation of a “right of return” for Palestinians.Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party]’s answer: Increase יש עתיד: "אסור לנו לחסוך אפילו אגורה אחת בכל מה שקשור להגנה על הלוחמים שמגנים על חיינו. אנחנו צריכים משאבים ייעודיים לתת מענה למנהרות, לפצמ"רים, למערכות הגנה ולהשקעה בסייבר. לפיד הקים את ועדת לוקר לבחינת נושא הפנסיות הצבאיות, במטרה לבחון את הוצאתן מהצבא יחד עם אגף השיקום ולהחזירן למשרד האוצר ולביטוח לאומי. בנוסף, לא סביר שהרמטכ"ל יוכל לתת תוספת של 6% לפנסיה הצבאית".Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party] voters: No Source

Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

Yesh Atid [political party] voters: Decrease Source

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Meretz [political party]’s answer: No, this would allow ISIS to control Syria In the past I called for international intervention in Syria, but I do not see that happening today and Israel has very little ability to motivate such a move. One must also say here a good word for Netanyahu, who avoided carefully entering this...Source

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Meretz [political party] voters: Yes Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Meretz [political party]’s answer: Yes, but only after extensive background checks and continuous monitoring to ensure they have no terrorist connections Herzog’s comments met with support from other liberal lawmakers such as Zehava Galon (Meretz), who called for opening Israel’s gates to a token number of refugees from its violence-stricken northern...Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Meretz [political party]’s answer: Decrease מרצ: "אנו תומכים בקיצוץ מסיבי בתקציב הביטחון ובעצירת ההעברות התקציביות העצומות שמוזרמות אליו דרך ועדת הכספים במהלך השנה. דרושה רפורמה מקיפה בתקציב הביטחון, לרבות בתשלומי הפנסיה, ועוד קודם לכן רפורמה של שקיפות והתייעלות וחשיפה של כל סעיף תקציבי שחשיפתו אינה מסכנת באופן ישיר את ביטחון המדינה, בשביל לחשוף את תקציב הרכש ואופן ניהול המכרזים. אחרת מערכת הביטחון תמשיך לסחוט באיומים עשרות מיליארדי שקלים בשנה על חשבון התקציבים החברתיים".Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

Meretz [political party] voters: Increase Source

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Labor Party have not answered this question yet. Would you like to suggest their answer?

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Labor Party’s answer: Yes, but only for those who do not pursue further education or employment Labor MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Labor Party’s answer: Yes Netanyahu was responding to Israeli liberals led by opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor), who said Jewish history demands that the nation show compassion. Having themselves felt the “world’s silence,” Herzog said, “Jews cannot remain indifferent” to the carnage in Syria and the refugees’ plight.Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Labor Party’s answer: Increase המחנה הציוני: "אנו תומכים במתווה ועדת ברודט ובתוואי הרב־שנתי שנקבע, שבמסגרתו תבוצע הגדלה מתונה של תקציב...Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

Labor Party voters: Decrease Source

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

The Jewish Home’s answer: No, this would allow ISIS to control Syria I asked Minister Bennett what should be the Israeli response to the carnage happening in Syria. Bennett denies Israeli military intervention, but outlines three principles: a zero-tolerance policy for any harm to Israel, preventing Syria from serving as a base of supplies to Hezbollah, and most importantly - at the end of the war Iran is not on the Syrian border. "Iran sits on the Lebanese border, as Hizbullah, it is to some extent also at the Gazan border with Hamas, we will not accept an Iranian presence on the Syrian border, too." But the presence of the Russian and Russian-Assad-Iran axis stand in contrast to those three principles, I would argue. Not necessarily, he says. The situation is much more complex. "How we get to that I would rather not expand". Even military involvement? "Absolutely not. We have political tools, relations with Russia and the United States, and also with some Arab states. We are a national power in the Middle East. We have a basket of tools that give the ability to promote the desired policy."Source

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

The Jewish Home’s answer: Yes, but only for those who do not pursue further education or employment The Jewish Home MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

The Jewish Home’s answer: No, and send all refugees back to Syria Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) was the latest member of the Israeli political establishment to point out the folly of admitting large numbers of Syrian refugees into Israel. Although Israel was cognizant of the suffering of the refugees, the country just did not have the geographic and cultural depth to take them in, she explained Sunday. Even taking in just a few, she told Army Radio in an interview, was a bad idea. “I believe that the calls being made by opposition figures to absorb refugees is irresponsible. You can't just take in a small group,” she said. “As soon as you admit some it will degenerate into tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands.”Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

The Jewish Home’s answer: Increase, but only after our deficit is drastically reduced הבית היהודי: "כל תוספת לתקציב הביטחון חייבת להגיע להתעצמות ולהצטיידות ולא לניפוח המערכת והמנגנון. לכן דרושה רפורמה כללית בפנסיה התקציבית שמייצרת עלויות כבדות לתקציב המדינה ומפלה בין אזרחים. יש מקום ליותר צדק חלוקתי בפנסיות".Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

The Jewish Home voters: Decrease Source

Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

United Torah Judaism have not answered this question yet. Would you like to suggest their answer?

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

United Torah Judaism’s answer: No United Torah Judaism MKs voted for abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

United Torah Judaism’s answer: Increase, but only after our deficit is drastically reduced יהדות התורה: "אנו בעד הדרישה להגדלת תקציב המיועד רק לביטחון, אך במקביל דרושה רפורמה בפנסיה הצבאית והתאמתה...Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Kulanu [political party] have not answered this question yet. Would you like to suggest their answer?

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Kulanu [political party] voters: Yes Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Kulanu [political party] voters: No Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Kulanu [political party]’s answer: Decrease כולנו: "מפלגת כולנו תתמוך בקביעת תקציב רב־שנתי קבוע בחוק למערכת הביטחון לחמש שנים, על מנת ליצור ודאות ותמריץ פנימי להתייעלות. תקציב הביטחון הקיים היום גדול על מדינת ישראל ופוגע פגיעה של ממש בחוסן החברתי".Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Yisrael Beiteinu [political party]’s answer: No In a meeting with European diplomats on Wednesday, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (leader of Israel Beitenu) reassured Syria that his country has no intention of intervening in its civil war, but confirmed, without specifically addressing the Syrian allegations, that Israel was working to prevent arms transfers from its northern neighbor.Source

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Yisrael Beiteinu [political party]’s answer: Yes Israel Beitenu MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Yisrael Beiteinu [political party] voters: No Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Yisrael Beiteinu [political party] voters: Increase Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Hatnuah [political party]’s answer: Yes, but only for those who are starting to build a criminal record Hatnuah MKs voted against abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Hatnuah [political party] voters: No Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Hatnuah [political party] voters: Neither, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Shas [political party]’s answer: No, service should be a choice instead of an obligation Shas MKs voted for abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

Shas [political party] voters: Increase Source

Should the government attempt to influence foreign elections? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Hadash’s answer: No The Hadash party — one of four parties that makes up the Joint (Arab) List faction in the Knesset — came under fire after one its officials declared support for the Syrian government’s brutal advance in Aleppo. The comments on the Hadash Facebook page written Friday by Adal Amar, who heads the party’s Communist faction, also stirred angry debate over its position on the Syrian civil war. “The reunification of the city of [Aleppo] from terror organizations is a turning point… in defeating the imperialist and reactionary assaults on nations of this region,” Amar wrote. “The reunification of [Aleppo] ends plans to divide Syria, and reflects the failure of US, Turkish, Saudi and Qatari strategy and their inability to continue protecting terror organizations that devastated Syria and ruled over civilians with terror,” he said.Source

Do you support the military offensive against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Hadash’s answer: No Hadash MKs voted for abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

Hadash voters: Yes Source

Should the government increase or decrease military spending? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

Tkuma voters: Yes Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Should the U.S. overthrow President Assad of Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service? ^{stats discuss}

United Arab List’s answer: No United Arab List MKs voted for abolishing the...Source

Should the U.S. accept refugees from Syria? ^{stats discuss}

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United Arab List’s answer: Decrease הרשימה המשותפת: "אנחנו נגד הוספת כל תוספת לתקציב הביטחון ובעד צמצום דרסטי בתקציב שהלך ותפח בשנים האחרונות הרבה מעבר להמלצות ועדת...Source

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