The alliance generally occupies the center-to-center-right of Israel’s political spectrum and seeks to bring together voters from different parts of the political opposition.
The Jewish Virtual Library describes the party as “generally characterized as a centrist to center-right alliance”, seeking to unify “Lapid’s liberal, secular-oriented base with Bennett’s right-leaning, nationalist supporters.”
It also describes the alliance as an effort to bring together various elements of the political opposition to the status quo represented by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “by uniting leaders with differing political backgrounds under a single electoral framework”.
The party’s platform includes reforms to the education system aimed at equalizing the quality of public and private schools, as well as increasing competition in the grocery and retail sectors to lower consumer prices.
Together also supports drafting a constitution based on the principles of Israel’s Declaration of Independence, imposing term limits on lawmakers, including the prime minister, and addressing long-standing governance issues involving the Knesset, the judiciary, the civil service and the government bureaucracy.
The party also plans to address the issue of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) non-participation in the military, economy and workforce, while strengthening security ties with regional and global partners and confronting the rise of antisemitism around the world.
Israelis will head to the polls on Oct. 27.