New Order wants a prime minister elected directly by the public, a Knesset elected by region, and ministers who aren't Knesset members. It wants all of that, plus a written constitution, put to a referendum. That's nearly its whole platform.45
Who is New Order?
New Order, Seder Hadash in Hebrew, is on the ballot as the letters Kuf Khaf. Its full ballot name is "New Order for establishing a constitution, separation of powers, and personal elections." The election committee approved a list of 25, led by attorney Avital Chai Ofek.12
What has New Order published?
The party has a 2026 campaign website, and it links a 37-page position paper written by Ofek and dated July 2026. Everything below comes from those two. I found them through the party's Facebook page, which links to the site.546
The party also has an older platform from the 2020 and 2021 elections that covered housing, health, and welfare. The new paper doesn't repeat those ideas, so I'm treating the new paper as the platform.74
New Order'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 New Order say about security and foreign policy?
I couldn't find a stated position on security or foreign policy in the 2026 material.13
What does New Order say about accountability for October 7?
On October 7 accountability in the 2026 material, I found nothing published.13
What does New Order say about the economy and the cost of living?
On the economy, the paper's argument is about the size of government. It would cut the cabinet to 11 ministers, down from what it calls up to about 38 ministers and deputy ministers today. Committee oversight of every ministry budget would end what it calls "coalition budgets." It says the savings would go to health, education, infrastructure, and welfare, without putting a number on them. I couldn't find positions on taxes, prices, or wages.4
What every party says about the economy and the cost of living
What does New Order say about housing?
I couldn't find a stated position on housing in the 2026 material.13
What does New Order say about religion and state?
On religion and state in the 2026 material, I found nothing published.13
What does New Order say about the judiciary and governance?
How Israel is governed, and how its courts work, is the core of the platform.4
The country would be split into 12 regions. Each region elects 10 Knesset members by name, for 120 in total. Members can belong to parties but aren't bound by party discipline, and they're limited to four terms.45
The prime minister would be elected directly, in a separate national vote, and would need more than half the votes, with a runoff two weeks later if nobody gets there. Two terms at most.4
The prime minister would appoint 11 professional ministers who are not Knesset members, and a Knesset member could never become a minister, even by resigning. Each minister would face a confirmation hearing and a Knesset oversight committee.4
The Knesset could remove the prime minister with 80 votes, but then the Knesset would dissolve too. Someone under indictment couldn't run for prime minister. A sitting prime minister couldn't be indicted, but 61 Knesset members could open a state commission of inquiry into a suspected crime tied to the job.4
Every vote in the Knesset would be public by name, and government decisions and ministry budgets would be published.4
On the courts, the paper says the High Court could strike down a law only if it harms a minority disproportionately, or clearly contradicts the constitution approved in the referendum.4
Judges would be appointed and promoted by a new authority run by seven retired judges, with no politicians involved. Every judge would start in the magistrate's court and move up only by published performance scores, with no direct appointments to the Supreme Court. The same body would choose the attorney general and the head of the prosecution.4
What does New Order say about education?
I couldn't find a stated position on education in the 2026 material. The paper names education only as a place the savings would go.4
What does New Order say about health?
On health in the 2026 material, beyond listing it as a place the savings would go, I found nothing published.4
What does New Order say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly?
On welfare, the paper says soldiers and their immediate families, and people who do national service when the army didn't call them up, are entitled to priority in public resources. It doesn't say what that priority would be. I couldn't find a position on pensions or old-age allowances.4
What every party says about social welfare, pensions and the elderly
What does New Order say about Arab citizens and minorities?
On minorities, the paper's stated goal is "a Jewish and democratic state" that treats all citizens by the same criteria. It says judges should be promoted with no regard to whether they're Arab, Haredi, Mizrahi, Ashkenazi, religious, or secular, and it rejects group representation as a basis for picking judges.4
What does New Order say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora?
I couldn't find a stated position on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora in the 2026 material.13
What every party says about immigration, absorption and the diaspora
What does New Order say about the environment, energy and transportation?
On the environment, energy, or transportation in the 2026 material, I found nothing published.13
What every party says about the environment, energy and transportation
What New Order puts front and center
What the party puts first is the referendum. It says the new system and a full written constitution should be approved by the public directly, not by an ordinary Knesset majority. Its website calls New Order a protest list, neither right nor left, and says the aim is to return power to the citizens.45
What New Order hasn't published
So the platform goes deep on how Israel is governed and says little about anything else. In the 2026 material, I couldn't find positions on security, October 7, housing, religion and state, education, health, immigration, or the environment.134
Sources
Everything above comes from what New Order 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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Transcript
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Full transcript
Intro
New Order wants a prime minister elected directly by the public, a Knesset elected by region, and ministers who are not Knesset members. It wants all of that, plus a written constitution put to a referendum. That's nearly its whole platform. This is Close Read. And this is a series about what Israel's parties are promising to do in their own
About this series
published words 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. New Order, Seder Chadash in Hebrew, is on the ballot as the letters Kuf Chaf.
Who they are
Its full ballot name is, quote, New Order for Establishing a Constitution, Separation of Powers, and Personal Elections, end quote. The election committee approved a list of 25 led by attorney Avital Chai Ofek. The party has a 2026 campaign website and links a 37-page position paper written by
What they've published
Ofek and dated July 2026. Everything below comes from those two. I found them through the party's Facebook page, which links to the site. The party also has an older platform from the 2020 and 2021 elections that covered housing, health, and welfare. The new paper doesn't repeat those ideas, so I'm treating the new paper as the platform. I could not find a stated position on security or foreign policy in the 2026 material.
Security, October 7: no stated position
On October 7th accountability in the 2026 material, I found nothing published. On the economy, the paper's argument is about the size of government. It would cut the cabinet to 11 ministers,
Economy and cost of living
down from what it calls to up about 38 ministers and deputy ministers today. Committee oversight of every ministry budget would end what it calls coalition budgets. It says the savings would go to health, education, infrastructure, and welfare without putting a number on them. I could not find a position on taxes, on prices, or on wages. I couldn't find a stated position on housing in the 2026 material.
Housing, Religion and state: no stated position
On religion and state in the 2026 material, I found nothing. How Israel is governed and how its courts work is the core of this party's platform.
Judiciary and governance
The country would be split into 12 regions. Each region elects 10 Knesset members by name, for 120 in total. Members can belong to parties but are not bound by party discipline, and they're limited to four terms. The prime minister would be elected directly, in a separate national vote, and would need more than half the votes, where they run off two weeks later if nobody gets there. Two terms at most. The prime minister would appoint 11 professional ministers, who are not Knesset members. And a Knesset member could never become a minister, even by resigning. Each minister would face a confirmation hearing and a Knesset oversight committee. The Knesset could remove the prime minister with 80 votes, but then the Knesset would dissolve two.
Someone under indictment could not run for prime minister. A sitting prime minister could not be indicted, but 61 Knesset members could open a state commission of inquiry into a suspected crime. Every vote in the Knesset would be public by name. Every vote in the Knesset would be public by name, and government decisions and ministry budgets would be published. On the courts, the paper says the high court could strike down a law only if it harms a minority disproportionately, or clearly contradicts the constitution approved in the referendum. Judges would be appointed and promoted by a new authority, run by seven retired judges, with no politicians involved.
Every judge would start in the magistrate's court and move up only by published performance scores, with no direct appointments to the Supreme Court. The same body would choose the attorney general and the head of the prosecution. I could not find a stated position on education in the 2026 material.
Education, Health, Welfare
On welfare, the paper says soldiers and their immediate families and people who do national service when the army didn't call them up are entitled to priority in public resources. It doesn't say what that priority would be. I could not find a position on pensions or on old age allowances. On minorities, the paper's stated goal is "a Jewish and democratic state that treats all
Arab citizens and minorities
citizens by the same criteria". It says judges should be promoted with no regard to whether they're Arab, Haredi, Mizrahi, Ashkenazi, religious or secular, and it rejects group representation as a basis for picking judges. I could not find a stated position on immigration, absorption or the diaspora in
Immigration, Environment: no stated position
the 2026 material. On the environment, energy or transportation in the 2026 material, on all of those topics, I found nothing published. What the party puts first is the referendum. It says the new system and a full written
What they put front and center
constitution should be approved by the public directly, not by an ordinary Knesset majority. It's website calls New Order a protest list, neither right nor left, and says the aim is to return power to the citizens. So the platform goes deep on how Israel's government governed, and says little about anything else.
What's missing
In the 2026 material, I couldn't find positions on security, October 7th, housing, religion and state, education, health, immigration, or the environment. That's what New Order 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 the election, I'll do my best to pin an update in the comments. Next is list number 16, The Reservists and the Economic Party, and the full playlist is linked below.
