New Blood on the Way to the Knesset: The Hottest Names and Who Joined Each Party

Less than a month before the deadline for submitting lists for the 26th Knesset elections, ynet presents the new candidates who have joined the various parties. Among the prominent ones: Oren Dobronsky, who secured a reserved spot in Likud for Netanyahu, and in Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, Yoram Cohen, Shaul Meridor, Inbar Hrush Giti, Kamil Abu Rukon, Tair Ifergan, Osherat Gani Gonen, Israel Zari, Yafa Tabeja, and Shiral Hogg joined. Their positions on the lists are still unclear.

Less than a month before the deadline for submitting lists for the 26th Knesset elections, ynet publishes a review of the new candidates who have joined the various parties. The article focuses mainly on Likud and Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, but also mentions other parties such as The Democrats, Religious Zionism, Together, Yisrael Beiteinu, and parties of the third bloc. In Likud, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a series of reserved slots, but only one of them comes from outside Likud: Oren Dobronsky, a businessman from Silicon Valley known from the show "The Sharks," who is expected to be placed in a realistic position. In Yashar, Eisenkot added a series of senior candidates: Yoram Cohen, former head of the Shin Bet; Shaul Meridor, former head of the Budget Division at the Ministry of Finance; Inbar Hrush Giti, former CEO of the "Aharai!" movement; Maj. Gen. (res.) Kamil Abu Rukon; Tair Ifergan, former director general of the Ministry of Labor; Osherat Gani Gonen, head of the South Sharon Regional Council; Israel Zari, deputy mayor of Ramat Gan; Yafa Tabeja, social entrepreneur; and Shiral Hogg, social activist and businessman. The article notes that the positions of some of the candidates on the lists are still unclear, and that the elections are expected on October 27.