Every citizen should be able to marry in their own country without depending on a religious establishment
Marriage under religious law
Marriage and divorce should remain under religious law, to preserve the unity of the people and prevent lineage problems for future generations
The votes here are rejections of opposition bills in a preliminary reading, so they mainly record the bloc. The placement rests mainly on platforms and statements. Among the Arab lists the votes were split.
"Said" is the platform, and statements and posts by the list's candidates. "Did" is plenum votes, bills and recorded acts in the 25th Knesset. The placement rests on all the evidence together. The votes are the outgoing Knesset's, not the 26th's.
רק
BeYachad
Firm position: A civil marriage track· Partial evidence
Said
1 platform section · 1 toward "A civil marriage track"
1 tweet · 1 toward "A civil marriage track"
נחוקק את חוק ברית הזוגיות האזרחית וניצור מסלול אזרחי מלא ונגיש לרישום זוגיות במרשם ממלכתי במשרד הפנים, עם מלוא הזכויות והחובות של זוגות נשואים וללא תלות בדת, מגדר או נטייה מינית.
Translation: “We will legislate the Civil Union Law and create a full and accessible civil track for registering partnerships in a state registry at the Interior Ministry, with all the rights and obligations of married couples and regardless of religion, gender or sexual orientation.”
The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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רק
BeYachad
Firm position: A civil marriage track
Partial evidence
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
2 plenum votes · Official record
Toward: A civil marriage trackDecember 24, 2025
21 of the list's MKs voted: 21 for, 0 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
22 of the list's MKs voted: 22 for, 0 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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אמת
The Democrats
Leaning toward A civil marriage track
Partial evidence
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
1 plenum vote · Official record
Toward: A civil marriage trackDecember 24, 2025
3 of the list's MKs voted: 3 for, 0 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. Likud has not published a platform since 1999, so there is no platform to check here. The documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them. Three reports on Knesset Speaker Ohana's vote for the civil marriage bill on December 24, 2025, and three reports on the cancellation of the kashrut reform on July 15, 2026, were read in full. All of them quote United Torah Judaism, Degel HaTorah, Shas, Noam and Religious Zionism, and none of them contains any statement of position by a Likud representative on this question.
3 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 24, 2025
25 of the list's MKs voted: 1 for, 24 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightJune 7, 2023
23 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 23 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
The list did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so it has no votes to check.
ט
Religious Zionism–Zehut
Not enough evidence to place it
Said
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
2 plenum votes · 2 toward "Marriage under religious law"
4 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
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ט
Religious Zionism–Zehut
No documented position found
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. The platform description and the documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were also checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
Note: The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
2 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 24, 2025
7 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 7 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightJune 7, 2023
5 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 5 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
7 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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ודם
Joint List
No documented position found
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
No vote by the list was found in any of the votes identified on this issue. The Joint List, in its reconstituted form, has not published a platform for the 2026 election, and the platform link on its website leads to the home page. The documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
7 bills on the issue · Official recordA bill whose direction is clear from its title counts toward the placement. A bill whose direction is unclear is shown as context only.
Context only
The list's MKs filed 7 bills on this subject, 1.1% of the 618 bills they filed in the 25th Knesset. Among them: Commemoration of the Victims of the Tantura Massacre Bill, 2022; Penal Law (Amendment – Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of Marriage) Bill, 2022; Training for Professionals on Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse Bill, 2023.
ג
United Torah Judaism
Leaning toward Marriage under religious law· Weak evidence
Said
1 statement in the media · 1 toward "Marriage under religious law"
אמיר אוחנה עשה מעשה שלא ייעשה ותמך בחוק נישואים אזרחיים של האופוזיציה
Translation: “Amir Ohana did a deed that ought not to be done and supported the opposition's civil marriage law”
2 plenum votes · 2 toward "Marriage under religious law"
8 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
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ג
United Torah Judaism
Leaning toward Marriage under religious law
Weak evidence
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
2 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 24, 2025
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightJune 7, 2023
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
Leaning toward A civil marriage track· Partial evidence
Said
1 platform section · 1 toward "A civil marriage track"
נפעל למיסוד זוגיות אזרחית בישראל, נקדם תהליכי גיור מכבדים וכן קבורת נפגעי פעולות איבה כמקובל בצה"ל.
Translation: “We will act to institutionalize civil partnership in Israel, advance respectful conversion processes, and burial of victims of hostile acts as is customary in the IDF.”
2 votes by the list's candidates in the outgoing Knesset · 2 toward "A civil marriage track"
2 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 2 for, 0 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
The votes here are the personal votes of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset, not votes by the list.
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
2 votes by the list's candidates in the outgoing Knesset · Official recordThe list itself did not serve in the 25th Knesset, so these are the personal votes of its candidates who did serve, not votes by the list.
Toward: A civil marriage trackDecember 24, 2025
2 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 2 for, 0 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
3 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 3 for, 0 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
6 of the list's MKs voted: 6 for, 0 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
2 plenum votes · 2 toward "Marriage under religious law"
6 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
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ב
Otzma Yehudit
No documented position found
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
The only votes found are expected rejections of the rival bloc's bills in a preliminary reading, which do not indicate a position. The platform description and the documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were also checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
2 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 24, 2025
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightJune 7, 2023
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
The list did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so it has no votes to check.
עם
Ra'am
Firm position: Marriage under religious law· Partial evidence
Said
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
1 plenum vote · 1 toward "Marriage under religious law"
5 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
5 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 5 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment. The list voted against its bloc's line in this vote.
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
1 plenum vote · Official record
Toward: Marriage under religious lawJune 7, 2023
5 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 5 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment. The list voted against its bloc's line in this vote.
Leaning toward Marriage under religious law· Weak evidence
Said
1 statement in the media · 1 toward "Marriage under religious law"
בעד החוק הפוגע במוסד הנישואין כדת משה וישראל, בניגוד מוחלט לעמדת הקואליציה
Translation: “In favor of the law that harms the institution of marriage according to the law of Moses and Israel, in complete contradiction to the coalition's position”
2 plenum votes · 2 toward "Marriage under religious law"
11 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
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שס
Shas
Leaning toward Marriage under religious law
Weak evidence
What it rests on
Toward "A civil marriage track"Toward "Marriage under religious law"
2 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 24, 2025
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. For = to establish a system of civil marriage and civil union independent of the religions
Toward: Marriage under religious lawRoutine rejection, low weightJune 7, 2023
10 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 10 against. A vote for the proposal allows citizens to marry through a civil system independent of the religious establishment.
