Achi proposes a 1,000-day teacher-training program and limits on social-worker caseloads. Those are two of the concrete commitments in its seven website pillars.2
Who is Achi Movement?
The saved election list calls this Achi, the movement of Rabbi Yoram Abergel, submitted by Hozrim Lashorashim. Yuval Elmalech is listed first, and the ballot letters are tzadi bet yod, צבי.1
What has Achi Movement published?
The party website has seven numbered pillars, with proposals on education, welfare, religious leadership, and territory. There is also a blog and a set of saved public campaign captions.234
This episode follows those written sources. Campaign videos and the full social timelines were not reviewed, so the gaps I report are gaps in this source set.5
Achi Movement's positions, topic by topic
The same twelve topics, in the same order, for every party. Where nothing was published, the episode says so.
What does Achi Movement say about security and foreign policy?
The website says the movement believes in its right to the Land of Israel in its entirety, and opposes territorial concessions. That is a stated position on territory. The passage does not define a border map.2
I couldn't find separate proposals for Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, or relations with the United States in the reviewed written sources. I am leaving those as gaps.234
What does Achi Movement say about accountability for October 7?
I couldn't find a published position on October 7 accountability in the written material I reviewed.234
What does Achi Movement say about the economy and the cost of living?
I couldn't find a general proposal on taxes, prices, or wages across the economy. The website does call for higher pay for two groups, daycare caregivers and social workers. I'll cover those under education and welfare, where the party puts them.2
What every party says about the economy and the cost of living
What does Achi Movement say about housing?
I couldn't find a published position on housing in the written material I reviewed.234
What does Achi Movement say about religion and state?
The movement says it will fight to secure the funding and status of people whose occupation is Torah study. It describes them as part of the Jewish people's security and national existence. That is the party's framing.2
The website does not turn that statement into a specific draft-exemption law or say what should happen to Haredi men who are not studying. I couldn't find those details in the reviewed material.234
It does make another concrete proposal: spiritual leaders and community rabbis should be elected directly by the communities they serve. The website does not spell out the voting procedure.2
What does Achi Movement say about the judiciary and governance?
The first numbered pillar says people in key positions and elected officials should be selected for professionalism, integrity, and ability, rather than political or family connections. That is a selection principle; the page does not set out an appointment system for every public office.2
I couldn't find a separate position on judicial selection, the attorney general, or the courts in the material reviewed.234
What does Achi Movement say about education?
Education gets several concrete proposals. For daycare, the website calls for higher pay and appropriate training for caregivers, and formal recognition of their role as early-childhood educators. It also calls for reducing classroom burdens and investing in suitable learning spaces.2
The page does not give a pay figure or a new staff-to-child ratio. Those are details still missing from this proposal.2
For teachers, it proposes replacing the teaching-certificate route with an intensive training program lasting 1,000 days. The subjects it names include special education and behavior, along with practical classroom management and tools for inclusion, so that children it calls challenging stay inside the school system.2
That is the duration the website gives. It does not say how existing teachers would move into the new route or publish a budget for it in the reviewed page.2
The movement also wants educational and therapeutic high schools for Haredi youth facing difficulties. These would combine vocational learning with emotional support. The proposal names the type of school and who it would serve, without giving the number of schools or places.2
What does Achi Movement say about health?
I couldn't find a published position on health in the written material I reviewed.234
What does Achi Movement say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly?
For local authority welfare departments, the party proposes raising social-worker pay, adding staff positions, and limiting how many cases each worker carries. It also calls for direct budgets. The website does not state a caseload ceiling or a pay scale.2
For older people, it proposes community centers with learning and social activities, intended to reduce loneliness. I couldn't find a pension or old-age-benefit formula in the reviewed material.234
What every party says about social welfare, pensions and the elderly
What does Achi Movement say about Arab citizens and minorities?
I couldn't find a published position on Arab citizens and minorities in the written material I reviewed.234
What does Achi Movement say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora?
Nothing on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora either.234
What every party says about immigration, absorption and the diaspora
What does Achi Movement say about the environment, energy and transportation?
I found no position on the environment, energy, or transportation in the written material I reviewed.234
What every party says about the environment, energy and transportation
What Achi Movement puts front and center
The website puts love for every Jew and truthful public leadership at the center of the movement's identity. It commits to transparency toward voters. Those statements tell us the values the movement emphasizes; they do not add another government program to the proposals I have read out.2
What Achi Movement hasn't published
The website gives several changes to staffing, training, and community services, but leaves many implementation figures unstated. Across the wider checklist, I couldn't find written proposals on October 7 accountability, housing, general healthcare, immigration, or environmental policy.234
Sources
Everything above comes from what Achi Movement made public: its platform, website and official accounts, and on-the-record statements by its leaders. Each line was checked against a saved copy of its source. Most sources are in Hebrew.
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Full transcript
Intro
Achi proposes a 1,000-day teacher training program and limits on social worker caseloads. Those are two of the concrete commitments in its seven website pillars. This is Close Read, and this is a series about what Israel's parties are promising to do in their own published words for
About this series
English-speaking voters ahead of the election on October 27th. One party per episode. I only use the party itself as made public. Their platform, their website, their official accounts, and on-the-record statements by their leaders. If they didn't publish it, it doesn't count. And if they publish nothing, that's the episode. The saved election list calls this Achi, the movement of Rabbi Yoram Aberjel, submitted
Who they are
by Chozrim L'shor Hashim. Yuval El-Melech is listed first, and the ballot letters are Tzari Bet Yud, Tzfi. The party website has seven numbered pillars, with proposals on education, welfare, religious leadership, and territory.
What they've published
There's also a blog, and a set of saved public campaign captions. This episode will follow those written sources. Campaign videos and the full social timelines were not reviewed. So the gaps I report are gaps that will be in the source set in the description. The website says the movement believes in its right to the land of Israel in its entirety, and opposes territorial concessions.
Security and foreign policy
That is a stated position on territory, but the passage does not define a concrete border map. I couldn't find separate proposals for Gaza, for Lebanon, for Iran, or for relations with the United States in the reviewed written sources. So I'm going to leave those as gap areas. I could not find a published position on accountability for October 7th and a state commission of inquiry in the written materials that I reviewed. I couldn't find a general proposal on the topic of taxes, on prices, or wages across the economy. The website does call for higher pay for two groups, daycare caregivers and social workers. I'll cover those under education and welfare where the party puts them themselves explicitly.
I couldn't find a published position on the topic of housing in the written material
October 7 accountability
that I reviewed. The movement says it will fight to secure the funding and status of people whose occupation is Torah study. It describes them as part of the Jewish people's security and its national existence. This is the party's essential framing on the subject. The website does not turn that statement into a specific draft exemption law or say what should happen to Haredi men who are not studying. I couldn't find those details in the reviewed material. It does make another concrete proposal. Spiritual leaders and community rabbis should be elected directly by the communities they serve.
The website doesn't spell out the voting procedure. The first numbered pillar says people in key positions and elected officials should be selected for professionalism, integrity, and ability, rather than political or family connections. That is a selection principle. The page does not set out an appointment system for every public office. I couldn't find a separate position on judicial selection, on the attorney general, or on the courts in the material that I reviewed.
Economy and cost of living
Education gets several concrete proposals. For daycare, the website calls for higher pay and appropriate training for caregivers, and formal recognition of their role as early childhood educators. It also calls for reducing classroom burdens and investing in suitable learning spaces. The page does not give a pay figure or a new staff-to-child ratio. Those are details that, from the recorded sources I looked at, are still missing from this proposal. For teachers, it proposes replacing the teaching certificate route with an intensive training program lasting 1,000 days. The subjects it names include special education and behavior, along with practical classroom management and tools for inclusion, so that children it calls challenging stay inside the school system.
That is the duration the website gives. It does not say how existing teachers would move into this new route or publish a budget for it in the reviewed pages. The movement also wants educational and therapeutic high schools for Haredi youth facing difficulties. These would combine vocational learning with emotional support. The proposal names the type of school and who it would serve without giving the number of schools or the places. I couldn't find a published position on health in the written material I reviewed. For local authority welfare departments, the
Housing
party proposes raising social worker pay, adding staff positions, and limiting how many cases each worker carries. It also calls for direct budgets. The website does not state a caseload ceiling or a pay scale. For older people, it proposes community centers with learning and social activities intended to reduce loneliness. I couldn't find a pension or an old age benefit formula in the reviewed material. I couldn't find a published position on Arab citizens and minorities in the written material that I reviewed.
Health
Nothing on the topic of immigration, absorption, or the diaspora either. I found no position on the environment, energy, or transportation in the written material I reviewed.
Environment, Front and center
The website puts love for every Jew and truthful public leadership at the center of the movement's identity. It commits a transparency toward voters. Those statements tell us the values the movement emphasizes. They do not add another government program to the proposals I have read out. The website gives several changes to staffing, training, and community services, but leaves many implementation figures unstated.
What's missing
Across the wider checklist, I couldn't find risk proposals on October 7th accountability, housing, general healthcare, immigration, or environmental policy. That's what ACHI movement has put in writing in the material I reviewed as of this recording. Every source I use is linked in the description, most of them in Hebrew, so you can read them yourself. If they publish more before the election, I'll put an update in the comments. Next is list number 33, Tzomet Beit Yisrael, and the full playlist is linked below. The Close Read is free to watch and to listen. And if you'd like to support it, you'll find me on Patreon at patreon.com slash theclosedread, linked in the description.
