# Mishpat Tzedek: what they've published

Close Read, episode 12. Mishpat Tzedek (משפט צדק), list 12, ballot letters קץ. Published October 7, 2026. Israel's Knesset election is on October 27, 2026.

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I couldn't find anything Mishpat Tzedek has published for this election. The last platform I could find is from 2021, and it calls for an outside body with power to send criminal cases back for retrial. [S4](#source-s4)

## Who is Mishpat Tzedek?

Mishpat Tzedek, which translates roughly as "Fair Trial," is on the ballot as the letters Kuf Tzadi, with a nine-person list led by Larissa Amir. [S1](#source-s1) [S2](#source-s2)

## What has Mishpat Tzedek published?

For 2026, I couldn't find a platform, a website, or any public statement from the party. [S3](#source-s3) The party's old website no longer exists; when I checked on September 30, the domain didn't resolve. So I went back to the platform it filed for the March 2021 election, a three-page document, and to copies of its website saved by the Internet Archive. [S4](#source-s4) [S5](#source-s5) [S6](#source-s6) Everything in this episode comes from that 2021 material, and I'll say so as I go.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about security and foreign policy?

The 2021 platform opposes giving any part of the Land of Israel to a foreign party and opposes a Palestinian state. [S4](#source-s4) It supports sovereignty over the Temple Mount, a united Jerusalem, expanding Jewish settlement across Judea and Samaria, and applying Israeli sovereignty to all Jewish settlements and their access roads. [S4](#source-s4)

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about accountability for October 7?

I couldn't find a published position on October 7 accountability. The platform is from 2021. [S4](#source-s4)

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about the economy and the cost of living?

One line: the party opposes "predatory monopolies" in the Israeli economy. [S4](#source-s4)

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about housing?

I couldn't find a published position on housing.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about religion and state?

The platform describes Israel as the national home of the Jewish people and stresses Jewish family values and tradition. [S4](#source-s4) I couldn't find positions on military service for Haredim, Shabbat, marriage, or conversion.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about the judiciary and governance?

The platform puts this reform at the top of its priorities. [S4](#source-s4) It calls for an outside body to oversee the justice system, with power to send cases for more investigation or a retrial. [S4](#source-s4) It would end the treatment of a confession as "the queen of evidence," cut back plea bargains, and limit the use of state witnesses. [S4](#source-s4)

On the courts, it says High Court justices should be picked by a special Knesset committee chaired by the justice minister, with a makeup that reflects the Knesset and deliberations open to the public, and it would end the seniority rule for choosing the Supreme Court president. [S4](#source-s4) It calls for ending administrative detention and for prosecuting officials who use excessive force against protesters or torture in interrogations. [S4](#source-s4)

On governance, it calls for lowering the electoral threshold and a law making public servants personally responsible for the results of their decisions. [S4](#source-s4)

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about education?

The old homepage lists "rehabilitation and reform of the education system" as a goal, with no details. [S6](#source-s6)

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about health?

I couldn't find a published position on health.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly?

On welfare, pensions, or the elderly, I found nothing published.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about Arab citizens and minorities?

I found no position on Arab citizens or minorities.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora?

Nothing on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora either.

## What does Mishpat Tzedek say about the environment, energy and transportation?

There's nothing published on the environment, energy, or transportation that I could find.

## What Mishpat Tzedek puts front and center

Besides the courts, the 2021 platform calls for a commission of inquiry into what it calls "the crimes of the Oslo Accords and the disengagement." [S4](#source-s4) It also calls for ending government funding of media outlets and opening the media market to competition. [S4](#source-s4)

The party's old website listed "reviewing past convictions and promoting retrials" as a goal. [S5](#source-s5) Its news page included a post about what it called "the legitimate struggle for the release of Yigal Amir," and another saying the Elections Committee had barred the words "for the release of Yigal Amir" from its 2021 ballot slip. [S7](#source-s7)

## What Mishpat Tzedek hasn't published

There's nothing published for 2026. In the 2021 platform, I couldn't find positions on October 7, housing, health, welfare, Arab citizens, immigration, or the environment.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Intro
- 0:19 About this series
- 0:46 Who they are
- 1:20 Security and foreign policy
- 1:40 October 7, Economy
- 1:52 Housing, Religion and state
- 2:09 Judiciary and governance
- 3:01 Education, Health, Welfare
- 3:14 Arab citizens, Immigration, Environment: no stated position
- 3:26 What they put front and center
- 4:11 What's missing

## Sources

- <a id="source-s1"></a>S1: [Central Elections Committee page for the 26th Knesset: "משפט צדק", candidate list submitted by "מפלגת משפט צדק", 9 candidates headed by עמיר רננה לריסה. Printout of the CEC gov.il page, hosted by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI)](https://www.idi.org.il/media/32329/משפט-צדק.pdf) (CEC record, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07)
- <a id="source-s2"></a>S2: [ynet, CEC approval of 38 lists and their ballot letters, listing "קץ" for "משפט צדק". Used only for the ballot letters](https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1ibdii5fe) (News (secondary), Hebrew, published 2026-09-27)
- <a id="source-s3"></a>S3: [IDI 2026 parties table. Lists "משפט צדק" with a candidate list and no platform link](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/parties-and-elections/elections/2026-1) (Reference table, Hebrew, published 2026)
- <a id="source-s4"></a>S4: ["מצע מפלגת 'משפט צדק'" (Mishpat Tzedek platform), filed for the 24th Knesset election (March 2021), hosted by IDI. 3 pages, text layer](https://www.idi.org.il/media/15982/משפט-צדק.pdf) (Platform PDF, Hebrew, published 2021-03-09 (file date))
- <a id="source-s5"></a>S5: ["יעדים ומצע" (goals and platform) page. Same platform text as S4 plus a list of five goals. Wayback capture 2022-01-24](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124103844/http://mishpatzedek.org/objectives-and-principles/) (Website platform page (archived), Hebrew, published Captured 2022-01-24)
- <a id="source-s6"></a>S6: [Homepage: "יעדים ועקרונות" (goals and principles) and campaign song lyrics. Wayback captures 2021-02-28 and 2022-07-02 (identical text)](http://web.archive.org/web/20210228002138/http://mishpatzedek.org/) (Website homepage (archived), Hebrew, published Captured 2021-02-28)
- <a id="source-s7"></a>S7: ["חדש במפלגה" (party news): headlines include that the party would not run in 2022, a post titled "למה הם כל-כך מפחדים מהמאבק הלגיטימי למען שחרורו של יגאל עמיר?", and a post on the 2021 ballot slip. Wayback capture 2023-09-27](http://web.archive.org/web/20230927135943/http://mishpatzedek.org/new-in-the-party/) (Website news page (archived), Hebrew, published Posts 2020 to 2022; captured 2023-09-27)
- <a id="source-s8"></a>S8: ["מי אנחנו" (who we are), including the 2021 candidate list with the chair as No. 1. Wayback capture 2022-01-24](http://web.archive.org/web/20220124110142/http://mishpatzedek.org/who-we-are/) (Website page (archived), Hebrew, published Captured 2022-01-24)
- <a id="source-s9"></a>S9: [IDI-hosted platform file for the 23rd Knesset (2020): a one-page pointer to the party's web page "עקרונות מפלגת משפט צדק לקראת הבחירות לכנסת ה-23" dated 11.2.2020](https://www.idi.org.il/media/13950/משפט-צדק.pdf) (Platform filing (2020), Hebrew, published 2020-02-11)
- <a id="source-s10"></a>S10: [IDI results tables for 2020 and 2021: Mishpat Tzedek listed with a platform link in both](https://www.idi.org.il/policy/parties-and-elections/elections/2021/) (Reference tables, Hebrew, published 2020, 2021)
- <a id="source-s11"></a>S11: [Knesset Channel list of all 26th Knesset candidate lists (משפט צדק: עמיר רננה לריסה, עמיר גאולה, ...)](https://www.knesset.tv/main-articles/61384/94592/) (News (secondary), Hebrew, published 2026-09)