Haredi Public: what they've published

Intro

0:00The Haredi public says every Haredi man who isn't studying Torah full-time should be required to serve, and that full-time yeshiva students should be protected from arrest. This is Close Read, and this is a series of what Israel's parties are promising to do in their own published words for

About this series

0:17English-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. Haredi public, ballot letters Zion and Chaf, is a new Haredi party led by Mati Leitner,

Who they are

0:43the deputy mayor of Beit Shemesh. It's a single party, registered in July 2026 under the full name, quote, for my brothers, the party of all Israel, end quote. The platform lives on their website, hatzibor-haredi.org. There is no PDF, it's eight chapters in the

What they've published

1:04site, each with a short summary and a number list headed, quote, what we will do. There's also an about page, a leader page, an English version of the site, and campaign videos at the pottery post on its own news page. The platform is written for the Haredi public specifically, and that shapes what topics it covers. I could not find a published position on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, the Palestinians, or

Security and foreign policy

1:30relations with the United States. The one security-related item sits in the service chapter. They want to promote Haredi communities and Haredi chesder yeshivas in what they call, quote, the eastern border areas, end quote, combining housing, service, and jobs. The page doesn't say which areas specifically that means. On a commission of inquiry or accountability, October 7th comes up once on their about page, as part of their

October 7 accountability

1:55explanation for why the party was founded. I found nothing published on a specific commission of inquiry. Their economic chapter is about Haredi employment, and they call it, quote,

Economy and cost of living

2:08livelihood with dignity, end quote. There are concrete items. Employment zones and career guidance centers inside Haredi population centers, and dedicated budgets for high-tech and other high-earning training tracks, adopted for Haredi life, with separate frameworks for men and women. A voucher program would fully fund graduates of Haredi schools to close knowledge gaps and attend preparatory programs at no cost to the student. They want incentives for employers who hire Haredi workers, and a plan to raise Haredi representation in the civil service, including Haredi members on hiring committees. The homepage summary uses the term affirmative action for the civil service. In an August campaign video, they said they would replace what they called, quote, the politics of poverty.

3:02I didn't find anything on national taxes, prices, or the state budget. The housing chapter proposes a national Haredi housing plan that would increase

Housing

3:14construction starting starts five-fold. New Haredi cities and neighborhoods would have to come with commerce, jobs, schools, health services, green space, and public transportation. They say they oppose detached Haredi housing projects in the periphery, and want Haredi neighborhoods integrated into cities across the country. The next area that we're going to talk about is the center of the platform, so I'll go through it very carefully. The first chapter on the says anyone who, in

Religion and state

3:47practice, devotes his life to his Torah study should be able to learn, quote, without threat of arrest, end quote. They call this status, quote, Torah is his occupation, and they say it's an uncompromising condition for any cooperation with the government on the issue. The second part of the same chapter says every Haredi man whose Torah is not his occupation will be obliged and obligated to serve, end quote. The service chapter spells out how service tracks will be fully adapted to Haredi life under the principle, quote, enter Haredi, leave Haredi, with rabbis accompanying each track. They'd give government support to Haredi yeshivas and they create mandatory service tracks in the Shedbet, the Mossad, and the police, plus national and civilian service in emergency groups like Zaka and United Hatzalah.

4:44They'd expand the directorate that supports Haredi soldiers instead of a body to support Haredi reservist families. On funding yeshivas, the platform states a longer-term goal, raise Haredi earning power so that yeshivas and kolels can be funded by private supporters on the traditional Issachar and Zebulun model without relying, quote, on the table of others. I could not find published positions on Shabbat, on marriage, or on conversion. I couldn't find a published position on the court's judicial appointments, the attorney general, or the electoral system.

Judiciary and governance

5:27Their public mission page says that every Haredi voter has the right to choose a party without outside pressure. The education chapter says they'll guard the independence of Haredi education and at the

Education

5:42same time give a major boost to the state Haredi school stream. They say Haredi children need English and math, more professional teachers, and safe buildings. They'd end the use of temporary classroom structures through a national plan for standard school buildings with budgets allocated by transparent criteria. In a September campaign video, they pledge to fight for, quote, billions, end quote, for a five-year plan so every Haredi child can learn math and English. Two more chapters touch the topic of schools. On admissions, they give budget priority to state Haredi schools that admit students by objective criteria and they've cut government and municipal funding immediately for schools that use discriminatory admissions criteria.

6:36State Haredi principals who discriminate could be suspended. On dropout, which they call, quote, a living wound, there's a 14-item plan. It includes mandatory reporting of open and hidden dropout in every institution, including small yeshivas, with sanctions for institutions that don't report. It also includes vocational training for at-risk youth from age 14 and access to matriculation and external exams without being enrolled in a particular school. In their positions, I couldn't find anything published on the topic of health. I couldn't find anything on pensions or on the topic of the elderly. The dropout chapter includes addiction prevention and stronger welfare and parenting support in Haredi and mixed towns, with budgets tied to carrying out those programs.

7:31I couldn't find a published position on Arab citizens or other minorities.

Health

7:37Their discrimination chapter is about admissions to Haredi schools. It says students should be judged without regard to ethnic origin, social status, or connections, and that the current screening hurts Mizrahi and Ashkenazi families, families of returnees to religion, and those of working families. The Aliyah chapter proposes a national plan for Haredi immigrants that, quote, doesn't

Immigration, absorption, and diaspora

8:03end at landing at Ben Gurion Airport, end quote. It lists simpler Aliyah bureaucracy, recognition of professional credentials from abroad, absorption programs inside Haredi communities, multi-year support, and more help for young immigrants and lone soldiers. They say they push for a large increase in Aliyah budgets. The site also has an English version of the platform. I couldn't find a position on the environment or energy.

Environment, energy, and transportation

8:33Transportation comes up only as public transit for new Haredi neighborhoods. The homepage leads with two things, protecting full-time Torah learners and

What they put front and center

8:44meaningful service for Haredim who don't study. After that, its jobs, core subjects in schools, and giving a voice to Haredi communities, they say, have no representation now, like immigrants, returnees to religion, and working Haredim. Haredi public has not published positions on security and foreign policy beyond the border communities item.

What's missing

9:09Anything on October 7th accountability, the courts, health pensions, Arab health and pensions, Arab citizens, or the environment. Their platform covers eight topics, all focused on the Haredi public. That's what Haredi public has put in writing 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 October 27th, I'll do my best to put an update in the comments. Next is list number 21, Me and You, and the full playlist is linked below. The Close Read is free to watch, and if you'd like to support it, my Patreon is linked to in the description, patreon.com slash theclosedread. Thank you very much.