(As announced by the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Justice Theodor Orr on 8 May 1996)
CANDIDATES FOR PRIME MINISTER:
- Binyamin Netanyahu
- Shimon Peres
CANDIDATES FOR THE KNESSET:
Note: Number of candidates of each party on this list is based on the number of candidates expected to win election to the Knesset, on the basis of recent polls published in the Israeli media.
ISRAEL LABOUR PARTY
- Shimon Peres
- Uzi Baram
- Ehud Barak
- Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
- Haim Ramon
- Avraham Shochat
- Nissim Zvili
- Ephraim Sneh
- Dalia Itzik
- Ori Orr
- Yossi Beilin
- Shevach Weiss
- Rafi Elul
- Rafael Edri
- Hagai Merom
- Yossi Katz
- Nawaf Massalha
- Ora Namir
- Eliahu Ben-Menachem
- Elie Goldschmidt
- David Libai
- Raanan Cohen
- Amir Peretz
- Moshe Shahal
- Sofia Landver
- Ophir Pines
- Shalom Simhon
- Yael Dayan
- Micha Goldman
- Adisu Massala
- Saleh Tareef
- Avi Yehezkel
- Yona Yahav
- Ephraim Oshaya
- Shlomo Ben-Ami
- Eitan Kabel
- Rafik Haj Yihye
- Nadia Hilo
- Ron Huldai
- Tzali Reshef
- Ofra Friedman
- Eitan Broshi
- Shimon Shetreet
- Shiri Weizman
- Ora Hacham
- Ronen Plaut
- Ya'akov Terner
- Eli Dayan
- Shmuel Avital
- Yemin Suissa
LIKUD-TZOMET-GESHER
- Binyamin Netanyahu
- David Levy (Gesher)
- Rafael Eitan (Tzomet)
- Yitzhak Mordechai
- Ariel Sharon
- Moshe Katzav
- Ze'ev Binyamin Begin
- Modi Zanberg (Tzomet)
- David Magen (Gesher)
- Ehud Olmert
- Dan Meridor
- Tzachi Hanegbi
- Uzi Landau
- Maxim Levy (Gesher)
- Haim Dayan (Tzomet)
- Limor Livnat
- Michael Eitan
- Silvan Shalom
- Gideon Ezra
- Moshe Peled
- Michael Kleiner (Gesher)
- Meir Sheetrit
- Eliyahu Ben-Elissar
- Dan Tichon
- Naomi Blumenthal
- Joshua Matza
- Abraham Herschson
- David Re'em
- Ze'ev Boim
- Yehuda Lankri (Gesher)
- Pinhas Badash (Tzomet)
- Shaul Amor
- Rubi Rivlin
- Ron Nachman
- Yisrael Katz
- Doron Shmueli (Tzomet)
- Mordechai Mishani (Gesher)
- Ovadia Eli
- Zvi Zilker
- Ezra Binyamini
- Ya'akov Bardugo (Gesher)
- Nehama Ronen (Tzomet)
- Yossi Olmert
- Dov Shilansky
- Yuli Kosharovsky
- Asaad Asaad
- Geula Cohen
- Yossi Ahimeir
- Sinai Mezukak Barazani (Tzomet)
- Mordechai Amar (Gesher)
MERETZ (Citizens Rights Movement, Mapam and Shinui)
- Yossi Sarid (CRM)
- Chaim Oron (Mapam)
- Amnon Rubinstein (Shinui)
- Ran Cohen (CRM)
- Dedi Zucker (CRM)
- Anat Maor (Mapam)
- Avraham Poraz (Shinui)
- Naomi Hazan (CRM)
- Walid Haj Yihya (Mapam)
- Benny Temkin (CRM)
- Zahava Galon (CRM)
- Hanan Erez (Mapam)
- Yehudit Na'ot (Shinui)
- Arnan Yekutiel (CRM)
NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTY
- Zevulun Hammer
- Shaul Yahalom
- Yitzhak Levy
- Yigal Bibi
- Zvi Handel
- Hanan Porat
- Shmaryahu Ben-Zur
- Avraham Stern
- Avner Hai-Shaki
- Nissan Salomoanski
SHAS (10)
- Arieh Deri
- Arieh Gamliel
- Rafael Pinhasi
- Shlomo Benizri
- Eliyahu Yishai
- Yitzhak Cohen
- David Azulai
- David Tal
- Nissim Dahan
- Yitzhak Vaknin
UNITED TORAH JUDAISM
- Meir Porush
- Avraham Ravitz
- Shmuel Halpert former
- Rabbi Moshe Gafni
- Avraham Yosef Leizerson
- Yisrael Eichler
- Chaim Brillant
- Yosef Hanokh Verdiger
- Yosef Abu
- Zvi Boimel
MOLEDET
- Rehavam Ze'evi
- Binyamin Elon
- Meshulam Amit
- Rafaela Segal
- Zion Avrahami
HADASH - Democratic Front for Peace and Equality
and NDA - National Democratic Alliance
- Hashem Mahameed
- Saleh Salim
- Tamar Gozansky
- Azmi Beshara
- Ahmed Sa'ad
- Wasel Taha
- Sa'id Nafa
- Ilan Pepe
- Naila Ziyad
- Gila Svirsky
THE THIRD WAY - (NEW)
- Avigdor Kahalani
- Yehuda Harel
- Emanuel Zismann
- Alexander Lubovski
- Uzi Keren
- Eliyah Malka
YISRAEL BA'ALIYA - (NEW)
- Natan Sharansky
- Michael Nudelman
- Yuli Edelshtein
- Yuri Stern
- Marina Solotkin
- Zvi Weinberg
- Roman Bronfman
- Yitzhak Chen
- Shlomo Borochov
- Daniel Galai
ORGANIZATION FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION - (NEW)
- Assaf Adiv
- Samia Nasser
- Kamel Al-Jafri
- Michal Schwartz
ARAB DEMOCRATIC PARTY - UNITED ARAB LIST - (NEW)
- Abd el-Malek Dahamsha
- Abd el-Wahab Darawsha
- Taleb Alsana
- Toufik Khatib
HITYASHVUT PARTY - (NEW)
- Eliezer Levinger
- Zafrir Ronen
- Shmuel Baronn
YEMIN YISRAEL - (NEW)
- Miriam Lapid
- Shaul Gutmann
- Shlomo Lensky
ARABIC ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND CHANGE - (WITHDRAWN)
- Ahmed Tibi
- Ahmed Nassar
- Miriam Marai
GIMLA'EI ISRAEL (RETIREES) - (NEW)
- Nava Arad
- Moshe Sharoni
- Avraham Toubol
PROGRESSIVE CONFEDERATION - (NEW)
- Muhammed Zaidan
- Sa'id Azbarga
- Ahmed Abu Freih
UNITY FOR DEFENSE OF NEW IMMIGRANTS - (NEW)
- Ephraim Gur
- Ya'acov Feitelson
- Ephraim Feinblum
MEN'S RIGHTS (NEW)
- Jacob Schlosser
- Mira Schlosser
MORESHET AVOT - (WITHDRAWN)
- Yosef Ba-Gad
- Menahem Levy
TELEM - (NEW)
- Yosef Azran
- Yehezkel Aschayik