Ninth place goes to Yasmin Sacks-Friedman, a Knesset member from Beersheba and former city council member who focused on welfare, public housing and animal rights.
Rounding out the top ten is Neta Attias, who has managed the Yesh Atid faction for the past decade, coordinating the party's work both in coalition and opposition. Attias, a resident of Ashkelon, will be running for Knesset for the first time.
The announcement comes after an unprecedented wave of departures from the party in recent weeks, including former minister Karin Elharrar, who ended her 14-year tenure with the party, and founding members Meir Cohen and Miki Levy, who decided not to seek reelection. Additionally, Knesset members Elazar Stern and Yoav Segalovitz chose to continue their political careers in other frameworks.
The upheaval drew sharp criticism from political rivals but also staunch defense from Lapid loyalists. Ben-Ari defended the party leadership in a pointed statement targeting media outlets and the governing coalition. "The founding generation of Yesh Atid made a courageous decision," she wrote. "Outstanding Knesset members who held many positions decided it was time to refresh the ranks. They did so with heavy but whole hearts, for our sake, because they understood the magnitude of the hour."
She contrasted her party's members with coalition lawmakers: "There are Knesset members who sit for years, cut deals and enslave themselves to a leader, just to avoid real life. Power has turned them into has-beens, where are they compared to our MKs?" Beliak also addressed the departures and celebratory reactions from the right-wing camp. "This is a complex week for Yesh Atid, for us as Yesh Atid Knesset members, for activists and supporters," he wrote. "We're a team, we're friends, we're family, and therefore every parting is an arrow to the heart. But that's exactly what distinguishes us and makes us unique."
