Levy served on behalf of the Yisrael Beiteinu party during the 20th Knesset, but withdrew from the party after it joined the 34th government, because she did not receive a ministerial position despite her high ranking on Yisrael Beitenu's list.

[9] Gesher was founded in December 2018, a few days after the April 2019 election was called.

[11][12] For the 2020 March elections, Gesher-Labor unified with Meretz in light of worries that neither party would pass the 3.25% threshold needed to enter the Knesset.

[citation needed] On 17 March 2020, Levy requested that she be allowed to withdraw her party from its alliance with Labor and Meretz.

[14] In the following election in 2021, Orly Levy ran as part of the Likud list after the party gave her the 26th spot[15] and went on to retain a seat in the Knesset.