Tzomet Beit Israel: what they've published

Intro

0:00somet bait israel's components publish service linked housing proposals a free plot in somets platform and a state-backed mortgage guarantee and bait israel's housing chapter they also publish different service models this episode keeps the component attribution visible this is close read and this is a series of what israel's parties are promising to do in their own published

About this series

0:28words for english-speaking voters ahead of the october 27th election 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 committee record calls the joint list somet bait israel and gives it the

Who they are

0:53letters bet yud gadi yevarkhan leads bet israel and moshe green heads somet bet israel has six detailed website chapters and somet has a signed four-page 2026 platform

What they've published

1:08linked from its official site i did not find one joint publication reconciling the component proposals in the material reviewed i'll identify the component as i read each proposal the published of the jordan valley and the northern dead sea area with development intended to consolidate it somet's platform also calls for strengthening jewish settlement in all parts of the land of israel i couldn't find separate detailed proposals on gaza lebanon iran or diplomatic relations in the component publications reviewed i couldn't find a position on a state commission of inquiry into october 7th in the component publications i reviewed the platform discussed the war's effect on reservists and families but that is not the same as an inquiry proposal somet proposes a seven-year income tax and corporate tax exemption for fighters who establish businesses it also opposes exemption for businesses municipal tax during active reserve service and extra scoring in public tenders for businesses owned by active reservists bet israel's service chapter proposes at least the minimal wage during compulsory service with higher compensation for demanding and dangerous assignments it calls for an extra 25 percent free service and an extra 25 percent for their employers with the state paying the full wage cost those are service linked measures i couldn't find a separate econ economy wide tax or price program in the reviewed component material the pension and housing proposals contain other financial commitments which i'll cover in their own sections the two components publish different housing mechanisms somet proposes a free 250 square meter plot for qualifying fighters and combat support personnel who served in active reserves or in an active campaign the platform also extends their proposal to regular service fighters upon discharge it says the land should ultimately be held in full ownership with public development costs paid by the state the focus is on the negev and the galilee eligibility includes people without homes who want to build there and people with one home who would sell it and move to a new community for fighters a dedicated administration would deliver a building permit and possession within 180 days of an eligibility application somet also opposes proposes state guarantees for self-billed mortgages of up to 90 percent of the planned property's value the interest rate would be subsidized the state's borrowing cost rate that is a plot and financing proposal with public infrastructure paid for rather than a promise to hand over a completed house bet israel's housing chapter proposes a conditional state guarantee of 600 000 shekels for eligible couples buying a first home in a community settlement aimed at the ethiopian community the couple would still repay the mortgage in full the same chapter opposes a dedicated community for her ready army graduates the broader bet israel settlement chapter includes a planned urban area in western samaria with capacity for 2 million people that is its planning target i am not repeating its predicted effect on housing prices as an independently established outcome bet israel proposes one initial service obligation for all citizens administered by a civilian ministry of the right to serve the military and security bodies would choose personnel first and the system would assign everyone to the appropriate track the chapter says duration and scope would be equal regardless of the person's religion nationality or sex it recognizes military service and civilian assignments and also reposes proposes a limited torah study track that track would be capped at the size of one military brigade of outstanding scholars with strict entry tests and attendance study and prayer would run in shifts around the clock with research and teaching among the requirements the trap the chapter explicitly treats this as a service equal to the other tracks bet israel says avoiding service would not be a criminal offense instead it proposes withholding public sector employment and subsidies for public medicine transportation and daycare it also proposes full cost charges for services and extra taxation of public goods with service status prominently marked on identity cards the chapter limits exemptions to proven inability to serve service to serve so met's proposal has a different structure it calls for military or national or national service for every citizen at 18 with medical or mental health exemptions approved by an idf medical board its four tiers are military service internal security emergency response and a civilian national service it does not describe a torah study tier in that list for people who do not serve without a proven medical exemption so met's proposes removing the right to be elected to public office and banning civil service employment it also lists the loss of government subsidies for educational institutions and of tax credits its military tier carries the full land package full and employment priority i did not find a joint document reconciling these component models in the reviewed set i'm reporting what each component published with those differences intact bet israel's criminal justice chapter proposes police decisions within 90 days and prosecution decisions on indictments within 120 days missing a deadline would lead to automatic closure on grounds of no guilt complex cases would need prior judicial approval for an extension while a fast track would have a 45-day decision deadline it proposes a five-year minimum sentence for carrying weapons and a 25-year minimum without early release following a third serious conviction the serious offenses it names include weapons offenses and organized crime extortion and severe violence it also proposes charging imprisoning costs to the convicted person and their family those are proposals in bet israel's chapter the policing model would use crime maps and weekly measurement with targets and personal accountability for commanders i'm leaving out the chapters claimed overseas crime reduction results because those claims have not been independently verified for this episode somat's institutional proposal concerns land dissolve the israel land authority replace it with a settlement and service members authority and transfer local land management to local and regional councils its housing administration and bypass national planning bodies for the proposed construction route somat proposes full funding for daycare after-school programs and camps for combat reservist families during service it also proposes subsidized clubs and youth movements for service members children's its NOGA program would become part of the education and welfare systems with emotional support programs at schools and in supplementary settings for reservist children i could not find a wider curriculum or teacher pay program in the reviewed component uh platforms somat proposes a series of state-funded psychological treatments for every fighter returning from their front without a prior diagnosis or proof of disability private psychologists would provide the treatment under the proposed independent authority bet israel's service chapter makes public health care subsidies conditional on service status for people it treats as avoiding service that is a health care access proposal in a service model i couldn't find a separate general health care system in the material reviewed bet israel proposes topping up eligible retirees total pension income to the minimum wage threshold it gives several eligibility conditions passive income below that threshold a work history covering 70 percent of potential potential potential potential working years and military or national service by the claimant or their descendants it says earnings from current work would not reduce eligibility for immigrants whose russian pension payments are blocked the chapter opposes proposes assigning their future claim against russia to the treasury in exchange for an immediate income supplement later recovered payments would go to the state the funding and proposals include a a phase reduction of old age benefits for people with monthly net passive income above 30 000 shekels it also proposes removing old age benefits when neither the claimant nor any of their children or grandchildren have served the chapter says the supplement would be a temporary basic law measure with extension or expansion requiring 80 kineset members so much proposes protection against dismissal for combat reserve spouses during service and for 60 days afterwards along with compensation to employers for spouses lost work days it also proposes recognizing fighters who died by suicide from service related post-traumatic stress as fallen service members giving their families bereaved family status both components explicitly include citizens across religious groups in their service proposals bet israel's chapter proposes mandatory road routing into civilian service such as firefighting medicine and welfare quote-unquote without arming its stated reason is that some populations quote such as israeli arabs end quote do not believe in the state's right to exist so their military recruitment is a risk i'm quoting the chapter's own wording its subsidy employment restrictions would be tied to service status bet israel's settlement chapter also uses the phrase quote judaization of the galilee

Security and foreign policy

11:58end quote it proposes two new cities of 50 000 residents each in the mezgav and harashim areas and describes their purpose as preventing what it calls quote hostile territorial contiguity i am keeping its wording on screen rather than replacing it with a broader description of regional development bet israel proposes an airlift for all applicants waiting to immigrate from ethiopia who have been officially approved

Immigration, absorption, and diaspora

12:26by the interior ministry it's as a target of completing that within six months of forming a government afterwards it calls for a permanent immigration policy based only on the law of return the chapter does not spell out a new diaspora relations program or a detailed absorption package beyond that arrival plan for new ethiopian immigrants bet israel proposes a 30-year development plan with a transport network built over 15

Environment, energy, and transportation

12:58to 20 years before housing plans are aligned to it the network includes a fast railway from kiriachmona to elat along highway 90 with cross-country connections to northern and central cities and the southern region of the country it also proposes a fence lane for autonomous vehicles with a target speed of 200 kilometers per hour and changing highway 90 standards to allow driving at 100 kilometers per hour those are the proposed targets i couldn't find a separate emissions target or power generation program in the component material review somat proposes minimum 10-year prison terms for agricultural extortion and protection records it also proposes a civilian border guard based on reservists living in those new communities in the negev and the galilee its website calls for stopping what it calls quote wild imports that harm local produce compensation for farmers in conflict areas and lower production costs including water and labor those are the agricultural policy directions it publishes there are detailed material on service housing pensions law enforcement and infrastructure i couldn't

What's missing

14:18find a separate october 7th inquiry position or detailed war and diplomatic proposals in the reviewed publications the main unresolved question in this source set is what component proposals the joint list has adopted together that's what somat bet israel has put in writing in the material 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 on october 27th i'll pin an update in the comments next is list number 34 takuma and the full playlist is linked below the close read is free to watch and free to listen and if you like to support it you'll find me on patreon at patreon.com slash the close read linked in the description