Is Religious Zionism left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Religious Zionism scores +04 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores +10. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Religious Zionism authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Religious Zionism scores +06. Parliamentary; advocates legislative override of supreme court rulings.

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Religious Zionism

1902– · Israel · Religious Nationalist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+04ECmarket

+10CUtraditional

+06AUmonist

+02SCcentral

+09IDascriptive

+02CHcoercive

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Jewish sovereignty over the whole land as a religious obligation; annexation and expanded settlement.

Economic model

Subsidy and land allocation to settlement, market economy otherwise.

Organisation of powers

Parliamentary; advocates legislative override of supreme court rulings.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +04

Coded +4: settlement subsidy within a market economy.

Documented act or statuteBudget allocations to settlement infrastructure rose sharply after 2022.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored +10

At the ceiling: religious law over public life and personal status.

Programme textProgramme commitments to gender segregation in public events and to restricting Pride marches.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +06

Coded +6: legislative override of supreme court rulings as a stated aim.

Programme textThe party's coalition agreement in 2022 included an override clause proposal.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +02

Coded +2: annexation of the West Bank as a programme commitment.

Programme textThe 2022 coalition agreement stated the intention to apply sovereignty to the territories.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +09

Coded +9: sovereignty over the land framed as a religious obligation of one people.

Programme textThe programme derives territorial claims from covenant rather than from citizenship.

CH · Method and tempo · scored +02

Coded +2: electoral, with a base implicated in settler violence.

Documented act or statuteThe US and EU imposed sanctions on settler individuals and outposts in 2024.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Israel

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Religious Zionism. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/religzion/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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