Left on the Threshold: The Familiar Faces Left Out of the 26th Knesset

The final election results left several familiar faces outside the 26th Knesset: Vladimir Beliak and Naor Shiri (Yesh Atid), Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism), Moshe Redman (Democrats), and Ze'ev Elkin (Likud). The article details the circumstances of their exclusion.

The results of the elections for the 26th Knesset left several familiar faces outside the parliament. In Yesh Atid, which secured only five seats, Vladimir Beliak (16th place) and Naor Shiri (14th place) were left out, despite a focused campaign in the second ten. In Religious Zionism, MK Zvi Sukkot (seventh place) remained outside, having been involved in controversies such as arriving at the Sde Teiman base and smashing a monument in a Palestinian village. In the Democrats party, which won eight seats, protest activist Moshe Redman (ninth place) was left out, one of the leaders of the protest against the judicial legislation. In Likud, former minister Ze'ev Elkin (placed 32nd due to the slotting and reserved seats system), bereaved father Itzik Bunzel (29th place), MK Amit Halevi, and MK Avichai Boaron were left out.