Amcha Yisrael (also rendered 'People of Israel' or 'Your People Israel') is a new right-wing party founded in 2026 by reserve Maj. Gen. Ofer Winter, a former commander of the Givati Brigade, with pro-Israel advocate Yoseph Haddad at no. 2. It targets right-wing voters disillusioned with Likud and Smotrich. Its first polls in late August 2026 gave it 4–8 seats, but September polls had it hovering around the threshold.
Amcha Yisrael ("Your People, Israel"; also rendered "People of Israel" or "Am Shelanu Israel" in some English reports) is a new right-wing party founded by retired IDF Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter, the former Givati Brigade commander, and launched in Jerusalem on 25 August 2026 at the Shalva Center before about 300 supporters. Winter framed the election as a referendum on the security doctrines that preceded 7 October 2023, under the slogans "Less politics, more leadership" and "What was will not be." The party rejects being described as a centrist "third bloc" and says it aims to bring disappointed right-wing voters back to the national camp and to form the broadest possible right-wing government with Zionist partners. Its stated positions include moving from containment to initiative and decisive military action, imposing territorial consequences on enemies that start wars, opposing a Palestinian state, advocating emigration from Gaza as the solution there, expanding Haredi enlistment while respecting Torah study, integrating Arab citizens who support the state, significant judicial reform, fighting organized crime and protection rackets in the Negev and Galilee, and stronger public diplomacy. No detailed economic or social platform had been published as of the list submission. Its list, submitted on 7 September 2026 despite reported pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu to merge, has 18 names and is headed by Winter, followed by Arab-Israeli Christian public-diplomacy activist Yoseph Haddad, journalist Netali Shem Tov, attorney Eran Ben Ari and former Jerusalem deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, and includes bereaved family members of the war and of 7 October. In its first polls in late August 2026 the party drew between about 4 and 8 seats.
Made up of: Amcha Yisrael
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- שכר הלוחמים יוכפל ו־75% מהמחזור החרדי ישרת: וינטר מציג תוכנית חדשה
Translation Soldiers' pay doubled and 75% of each Haredi cohort serving: Winter presents a new plan
- קמפיין פוליטי: ההצעה של יועז הנדל שעיצבנה את עופר וינטר
Translation Political campaign: Yoaz Hendel's offer that irritated Ofer Winter
- "לא נישען על גולדקנופף שיהיה האצבע ה-61"
Translation "We will not rely on Goldknopf to be the 61st finger"
- "גורעים שלושה מנדטים מגוש הימין": בליכוד סימנו את וינטר וזליכה
Translation "Subtracting three seats from the right-wing bloc": In Likud they marked Winter and Zelicha
- ש"ס ויהדות התורה חתמו על הסכם עודפים
Translation Shas and United Torah Judaism signed a surplus-vote agreement
- סקר הסקרים: איזנקוט ממשיך להוביל, הליכוד צמוד - והקרב בתחתית
Translation Poll of polls: Eisenkot continues to lead, Likud close - and the battle at the bottom
- מספר 4 במפלגתו של וינטר: "צריך לומר ביושר - לא ביהמ"ש מנע ריבונות ביו"ש"
Translation No. 4 on Winter's party list: "To be honest, it wasn't the court that prevented sovereignty in Judea and Samaria"
- לאחר ה"קפוץ לי" - וינטר ממשיך לתקוף: "עומד מול נתניהו ומבין שהוא בפאניקה"
Translation After the "jump me": Winter continues to attack: "Stands before Netanyahu and understands he is in a panic"
- נתניהו הגיב בעקיצה לריאיון "הקפוץ לי" של וינטר: "בנט 2"
Translation Netanyahu responded with a jab to Winter's "jump me" interview: "Bennett 2"
What political reporters are posting
- Yinon MagalChannel 14
עופר וינטר מפרסם את תוכנית הגיוס שלו: פטור ללומדי תורה - לא יותר מ-25% ממחזור המתגייסים החרדי. החוק יחוקק לפני הקמת הממשלה (אבי מוסקוב) (בכפוף לאחוז החסימה)
Translation Ofer Winter publishes his draft plan: an exemption for Torah learners - no more than 25% of each Haredi draft cohort. The law will be passed before the government is formed (Avi Moskov) (subject to the electoral threshold)
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
וינטר בכנס הדור: אמרתי שביבי יקפוץ לי כי בן כספית הוציא אותי מאיזון
Translation Winter at the HaDor conference: I said Bibi can bite me because Ben Caspit threw me off balance
- Michael ShemeshKan News
וינטר על שאמר שנתניהו יקפוץ לו: בן כספית הוציא אותי מאיזון. דיבר בכנס של ׳הדור׳
Translation Winter on having said Netanyahu can bite him: Ben Caspit threw me off balance. He spoke at a 'HaDor' conference
- Yaki AdamkerKan News
נתניהו מחריף את הטון נגד וינטר
Translation Netanyahu sharpens his tone against Winter
- Yair AltmanChannel 14
תוכן שיווקי: מפלגת הציונות הדתית בסרטון חדש: עופר וינטר לפני חודש: אם לא אעבור בסקרים, אני אגלה אחריות. עופר וינטר הערב: ללא קשר לסקרים - אני רץ עד הסוף. הציונות הדתית בתגובה: לא מהמרים על אחוז החסימה. -- לרכישת תוכן שיווקי והגעה לכ-47 אלף עוקבים יש לפנות בוואצ אפ ל-0507376908
Translation Sponsored content: The Religious Zionism party in a new video: Ofer Winter a month ago: If I don't pass the threshold in the polls, I'll show responsibility. Ofer Winter tonight: Regardless of the polls - I'm running to the end. Religious Zionism in response: We don't gamble on the electoral threshold. -- To purchase sponsored content and reach some 47,000 followers, contact via WhatsApp at 0507376908
- Yair AltmanChannel 14
תוכן שיווקי: *מפלגת הציונות הדתית בסרטון חדש:* עופר וינטר לפני חודש: אם לא אעבור בסקרים, אני אגלה אחריות. עופר וינטר הערב: ללא קשר לסקרים - אני רץ עד הסוף. הציונות הדתית בתגובה: לא מהמרים על אחוז החסימה. -- לרכישת תוכן שיווקי והגעה לכ-47 אלף עוקבים יש לפנות בוואצ אפ ל-0507376908
Translation Sponsored content: *The Religious Zionism party in a new video:* Ofer Winter a month ago: If I don't pass the threshold in the polls, I'll show responsibility. Ofer Winter tonight: Regardless of the polls - I'm running to the end. Religious Zionism in response: We don't gamble on the electoral threshold. -- To purchase sponsored content and reach some 47,000 followers, contact via WhatsApp at 0507376908
- Yaki AdamkerKan News
וינטר לפני חודש: אם לא אעבור בסקרים, אני אגלה אחריות. וינטר הערב: ללא קשר לסקרים - אני רץ עד הסוף. הציונות הדתית בתגובה: לא מהמרים על אחוז החסימה.
Translation Winter a month ago: If I don't pass the threshold in the polls, I'll show responsibility. Winter tonight: Regardless of the polls - I'm running to the end. Religious Zionism in response: We don't gamble on the electoral threshold.
- Michael ShemeshKan News
רגע אחרי שתקף וטען שהוא שמאל נתניהו מסביר באינסטגרם שהציע לוינטר להצטרף לליכוד אבל הוא סרב
Translation A moment after attacking him and claiming he's left-wing, Netanyahu explains on Instagram that he offered Winter to join Likud but he refused
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
The Amcha Yisrael Party issued the following response to the Likud’s reaction to an interview with the party’s chairman: “Netanyahu can rest easy. We encourage anyone who is satisfied with the composition of the current government and the past four years—during which we failed to defeat the enemy, no voluntary emigration took place, ultra-Orthodox Jews were not integrated into the IDF, protection rackets continue to run rampant in the streets, and illegal weapons are stockpiled in large quantities—to vote for the existing coalition parties. Anyone who is dissatisfied has only one new right-wing party that has come to change the status quo: Amcha Yisrael. P.S. We invite viewer Benjamin Netanyahu to watch the attached video on the subject of a Palestinian state >>”
- Amit SegalChannel 12 News
מעמך ישראל נמסר לתגובת הליכוד על הראיון של יו״ר עמך ישראל: נתניהו יכול להיות רגוע. אנחנו קוראים לכל מי שמרוצה מהרכב הממשלה הנוכחית ומארבע השנים האחרונות בהן לא הכרענו את האויב, לא הייתה הגירה מרצון, לא שולבו חרדים בצה״ל, הפרוטקשן משתולל ברחובות ונשק בלתי חוקי בערימות, שיצביע למפלגות הקואליציה הקיימות. מי שלא מרוצה - יש לו רק מפלגה אחת חדשה בימין שבאה לשנות את המצב הקיים - עמך ישראל. נ.ב. הזמנה לצופה בנימין נתניהו לצפות בסרטון המצורף בנושא מדינה פלסטינית >>
Translation Amcha Yisrael said in response to Likud's response to the interview with the Amcha Yisrael chairman: Netanyahu can be calm. We call on anyone who is satisfied with the makeup of the current government and with the last four years, in which we did not defeat the enemy, there was no voluntary emigration, Haredim were not integrated into the IDF, protection rackets run rampant in the streets and illegal weapons are piled up, to vote for the existing coalition parties. Whoever is not satisfied - has only one new party on the right that has come to change the status quo - Amcha Yisrael. P.S. An invitation to viewer Benjamin Netanyahu to watch the attached video on the subject of a Palestinian state >>
Every poll that included Amcha Yisrael
57 polls, newest first. Dates are the last day of fieldwork.
| Date | Pollster | Seats | Published at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Yossi Tatika | 4 | עברית |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 4 | skarim.org |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 1.5%* | עבריתarchived |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Yossi Tatika | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 30 Sept 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 29 Sept 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 27 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Yossi Tatika | 4 | עברית |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 1.9%* | עבריתarchived |
| 23 Sept 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | Englishעבריתarchived |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 4 | עברית |
| 16 Sept 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 6 | עבריתarchived |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 14 Sept 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 10 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 4 | עברית |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 7 Sept 2026 | S.M.L.T. | 2.08%* | עברית |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Lazar Research | 2.3%* | עבריתarchived |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 5 | עברית |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Midgam (Mano Geva) | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Kantar | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 4 | עבריתarchived |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Lazar Research | 5 | עבריתarchived |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Yossi Tatika | 6 | עבריתarchived |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Direct Polls (Shlomo Filber) | 8 | עבריתarchived |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Lazar Research | 6 | עבריתarchived |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Maagar Mochot | 7 | עברית |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Midgam Project (Camil Fuchs) | 2.2%* | עבריתarchived |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 2.1%* | עבריתarchived |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Kantar | 2.5%* | עבריתarchived |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Lazar Research | 1.5%* | עבריתarchived |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 0.9%* | עבריתarchived |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Shlomo Filber | 0.6%* | עבריתarchived |
* Share of the vote where the list fell below the threshold.
Sources: Kan News: the ballots of the 38 lists (27 Sep 2026) · Ynet: CEC publishes the ballots of all parties (27 Sep 2026) · elections.handled.team list directory · Amcha Yisrael website · Jerusalem Post: parties hovering at the threshold (17 Sep 2026) · Jerusalem Post: Winter's People of Israel could secure six seats · elections.handled.team: Amcha Yisrael (ך) · Arutz Sheva: Running alone: Ofer Winter submits Amcha Yisrael slate (7 Sep 2026) · Jerusalem Post: Defying Netanyahu pressure to merge, Winter submits list (7 Sep 2026) · Jewish Virtual Library: Amcha Yisrael (Your People, Israel) · Ynetnews: Ex-IDF general Ofer Winter launches right-wing party · i24NEWS: Amcha Israel: Ofer Winter launches a new right-wing party with Yoseph Haddad · Wikipedia: Opinion polling for the 2026 Israeli legislative election