Is Yesh Atid left wing or right wing?

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

Is Yesh Atid 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, Yesh Atid scores −06. Strong judicial review, written constitution, parliamentary democracy.

Atlas / Organisations / Yesh Atid

Yesh Atid

2012– · Israel · Liberal Centrist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+04ECmarket

−04CUpluralist

−06AUpluralist

+02SCcentral

+03IDascriptive

−06CHlawful

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

Secular middle-class liberalism, defence of the supreme court, conscription equality, two-state pragmatism.

Economic model

Market economy with cost-of-living intervention and reduced subsidies to non-working sectors.

Organisation of powers

Strong judicial review, written constitution, parliamentary democracy.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored +04

Coded +4: market economy with cost-of-living intervention.

Programme textProgramme commitments to reduce import barriers and subsidies to non-working sectors.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −04

Coded −4: secular liberalism on religion and state.

Programme textProgramme commitments to civil marriage, public transport on the Sabbath and conscription of the ultra-Orthodox.

AU · Organisation of power · scored −06

Coded −6: defence of judicial review as the party's central recent commitment.

Documented act or statuteLed the parliamentary opposition to the 2023 judicial overhaul and supported the protest movement against it.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +02

Coded +2: a unitary state with two-state pragmatism.

Programme textProgramme accepts separation from the Palestinians as a demographic necessity.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +03

Coded +3: a Jewish and democratic state with civil equality commitments.

Programme textProgramme commits to civil marriage and to equal conscription obligations.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −06

Coded −6: parliamentary throughout.

Documented act or statuteFounded in 2012 and has served in and out of government since.

Where it came from, and what came after

succeededLabour Zionism
The secular liberal centre that occupied the space Labour Zionism vacated.

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). Yesh Atid. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/yeshatid/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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