Bennett unveils B'Yachad slate: “The best team for repairing Israel”
Lapid is ranked second and five women enter the top 10 as the new political alliance finalizes its election lineup
B'Yachad party chairman and Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett unveiled his candidate list for the upcoming elections on Sunday, confirming a political alliance with Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid just one day before the deadline for filing electoral slates with the Central Elections Committee.
Bennett will head the joint ticket, with Lapid taking the second position. Former Transportation Ministry director-general Keren Turner is ranked third, followed by Yesh Atid lawmaker Meirav Ben Ari and former Communications Ministry director-general Liran Avisar Ben-Hurin.
The slate brings together experienced parliamentarians, former senior public officials and figures with military and municipal backgrounds.
Retired Maj. Gen. Noam Tibon is placed sixth, while former Yesh Atid ministers and lawmakers Meirav Cohen, Ram Ben Barak, Naor Shiri, Vladimir Beliak and Yorai Lahav Hertzanu also appear among the top 20.
Announcing the list, Bennett described it as a team assembled to “repair the State of Israel.”
“After hard work and thorough selection processes, today we are presenting the best team for repairing the State of Israel,” Bennett said.
“The compass I set before my eyes two years ago, when I began working on the plan to repair Israel, is clearly reflected in our Knesset list: doers, men and women who know how to enter the Knesset and the government ministries, and repair.”
Bennett called the slate the strongest and most capable electoral team Israel has seen in decades.
“Personally, this is the best and most effective list to have run for the Knesset in the last generation,” he said. “This is a list that reflects the existential need for Israel’s future: people who work hard, fast and at the highest possible level.”
“Remember them well,” Bennett added, “because they are the ones who will lead the great change, very soon.”
- Naftali Bennett
- Yair Lapid
- Keren Turner
- Merav Ben Ari
- Liran Avishar Ben-Horin
- Noam Tibon
- Michal Hirsch Negrin
- Eitan Ginzburg
- Meirav Cohen
- Yonatan Shalev
- Brura Naim-Arman
- Ram Ben-Barak
- Amir Strugo
- Naor Shiri
- Nisan Ze’evi
- Vladimir Beliak
- Orly Harel
- Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu
- Shahar Varon
- Yasmin Sacks-Friedman
The unveiling follows weeks of upheaval inside Yesh Atid, where several prominent figures, including Mickey Levy and Meir Cohen, announced that they would not seek reelection. The departures came amid expectations that the merger with Bennett would leave Lapid with only five or six realistic positions for Yesh Atid representatives on the combined slate.
Lapid released a separate 15-member Yesh Atid candidate list on Saturday.
Lapid acknowledged the personal and political cost of reshaping his party ahead of the alliance.
“The process of building the list that we went through is unprecedented,” he said. “This is the saddest, but also the most inspiring moment I have experienced since entering politics.”
“I have no intention of pretending that everything is fine,” Lapid continued. “This process broke my heart more than once. I hated every moment, but I love these people more than ever. They are my friends; they are my family. There has never been, in the entire history of Israeli politics, a process like this.”
The final ranking offers the clearest picture yet of how Bennett and Lapid intend to divide influence within their new political partnership. It also signals their effort to present the alliance as an experienced, governing alternative—one built around administrative competence, security credentials and a promise of national renewal.
With the filing deadline approaching, attention will now turn to whether the Bennett-Lapid partnership can remain united through the campaign and convert its prominent roster into electoral momentum.