# Otzma Yehudit: what they've published Close Read, episode 14. Otzma Yehudit (עוצמה יהודית), list 14, ballot letters ב. Published October 8, 2026. Israel's Knesset election is on October 27, 2026. - Page: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/otzma-yehudit/ - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILUqoQ6NIB8 - Audio: https://media.closeread.show/audio/closeread-014-otzma-yehudit-f19c5624.mp3 Otzma Yehudit's flagship plan for this election is a new government ministry to run what the party calls "voluntary emigration" from Gaza, with a target of about 1.86 million people leaving within seven years. [S4](#source-s4) [S6](#source-s6) ## Who is Otzma Yehudit? Otzma Yehudit, which means "Jewish Power," runs on the ballot letter Bet, led by Itamar Ben Gvir, the outgoing national security minister. [S1](#source-s1) [S14](#source-s14) ## What has Otzma Yehudit published? There's no single platform document, no מצע, on their site. [S2](#source-s2) What they have published comes in three pieces. First, a full plan called "Disengagement 710," with its own website and a PDF booklet in Hebrew, released in early September. [S4](#source-s4) [S5](#source-s5) [S6](#source-s6) Second, on September 22, a six-point security program and a six-point justice program, released together with the party's demand for the defense ministry for Ben Gvir and the justice ministry for MK Tally Gotliv. [S7](#source-s7) There's a Russian version of that page on the party site too. [S8](#source-s8) Third, press releases on their website and posts on Ben Gvir's Telegram channel, which the party site links to. [S2](#source-s2) [S9](#source-s9) Almost all of it is about security, the Palestinians and the courts, so many of the topics below are short. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about security and foreign policy? Start with Gaza. The 710 plan calls for a dedicated government ministry for "voluntary emigration" from the Gaza Strip, with its own minister, budget and international negotiating team. [S4](#source-s4) The targets are about 250,000 people leaving in the first year, 1.11 million within three years and about 1.86 million within seven years. [S6](#source-s6) The plan itself calls those policy targets, and says each quarter's expansion would be capped by the lowest of three numbers: verified applications, places destination countries have signed for, and operational capacity. [S4](#source-s4) It says, in its words, "not deportation by force," and that no one leaves without their free consent and a destination country that has agreed to take them. [S4](#source-s4) The budget is 10 billion shekels to start, and up to 50 billion more from Israel, released only when outside funding and signed destination places exist. [S4](#source-s4) Countries under review, according to the party, include Turkey, Ethiopia, Congo and Arab states. [S6](#source-s6) The plan also describes up to 24 months of support after arrival and a "free will commissioner" who can stop a case. [S4](#source-s4) The party also wants to encourage voluntary emigration from Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, but I didn't find a separate plan for that. [S7](#source-s7) Then the six-point security program. Along with emigration, it lists: disarming what it calls the "Palestinian terror authority" and arresting its senior officials who support terror; changing the IDF's open-fire rules; raising soldiers' pay and giving free land to combat soldiers; changing what it calls Asa Kasher's "progressive" IDF ethics code; and opening elite units, including 8200, to the whole population. [S7](#source-s7) In a Telegram post on September 29, Ben Gvir explained each point. On the open-fire rules he wrote that a soldier who is afraid to fire at an approaching terrorist for fear of prosecution is "a disgrace." [S9](#source-s9) On the ethics code, he wants to stop what he calls "far-left foundations" from shaping IDF training, and to teach soldiers "values of Judaism, Zionism and a spirit of fighting and victory." [S9](#source-s9) On the West Bank, Ben Gvir said on September 29 that as defense minister, Areas A and B would be "exactly like Area C." [S11](#source-s11) Quick context: under the Oslo accords, A and B are areas where the Palestinian Authority runs civil affairs, and C is under full Israeli control. The party's "About" page says it has promoted applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea, Samaria and Binyamin. [S3](#source-s3) On the death penalty, Ben Gvir wrote that as defense minister he would act so that murderous terrorists are executed. [S12](#source-s12) After a deadly attack in Binyamin in September, he demanded that the death penalty law for terrorists, which he says the party passed, be applied to the attacker. [S22](#source-s22) And in a radio interview on Reshet Bet, as his own Telegram channel summarized it on September 29, he said that once he has the defense portfolio he would see to burning the bodies of Yahya Sinwar and the October 7 attackers. That one was said in an interview, and I'm going by his channel's summary of it. [S20](#source-s20) On Iran and Lebanon, Ben Gvir said in June, opening his party's Knesset faction meeting, that Israel must not accept the US Iran ceasefire, and that "the period of endless rounds of fighting is over," in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. [S16](#source-s16) The same statement says the party values the friendship with the United States, but that responsibility for Israel's security rests with Israel's government alone. [S16](#source-s16) And in September, Ben Gvir wrote to the prime minister and the foreign minister asking them to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem, after reports of expected British sanctions. [S14](#source-s14) ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about accountability for October 7? I couldn't find a published position on a state commission of inquiry into October 7. The one inquiry the party does call for is aimed at the attorney general, which I'll get to under the courts. [S15](#source-s15) ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about the economy and the cost of living? The only economic item I found is raising pay for conscript soldiers, especially combat soldiers, with no figure attached. [S7](#source-s7) [S9](#source-s9) Nothing on taxes, prices or the budget. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about housing? Two items. Free land for soldiers in the Negev and the Galilee. [S9](#source-s9) And a new party headquarters for the Druze community, which says it will work on the housing and planning shortage in Druze towns, including faster master plans and paths to legalize existing buildings. [S17](#source-s17) Nothing on housing prices in general. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about religion and state? I couldn't find a published position on Haredi military service, Shabbat, marriage or religious funding. Ben Gvir did write that he will keep working to "strengthen governance on the Temple Mount," without saying what that means in practice. [S13](#source-s13) ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about the judiciary and governance? This is Tally Gotliv's six-point justice program. [S7](#source-s7) First, fire the attorney general immediately when the next government forms. Second, Supreme Court justices would be appointed only after a hearing in the Knesset Constitution Committee and a two-thirds vote. Third, limit the High Court by bringing back the standing requirement and listing subjects the court can't rule on. Fourth, abolish the screening course for judicial candidates, which the program calls a tool of "the legal junta." Fifth, tougher sentencing for crime organizations and terrorists. And sixth, scrap the State Attorney's procedure that requires its prior approval before a criminal investigation into offenses like incitement and sedition can be opened. [S7](#source-s7) Separately, in July Ben Gvir wrote to the prime minister that the party's threshold condition for joining the next government is removing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, and it would also demand a review committee with criminal powers to investigate her and her staff. [S15](#source-s15) ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about education? The party's "About" page says it supports strengthening Jewish identity and tradition in schools. [S3](#source-s3) That's the whole of it. Nothing on schools, teachers or universities. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about health? I couldn't find a published position on health. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly? On welfare, pensions, or the elderly, I found nothing published. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about Arab citizens and minorities? Besides the Druze headquarters, Ben Gvir wrote that police and the National Guard will keep enforcing noise complaints inside mosques: "a mosque is not extraterritorial ground," and "that's how it will continue." [S21](#source-s21) He also wrote that his opponents want a government without him so that police stop demolishing illegal houses in the Negev, and "we won't let them." [S23](#source-s23) I didn't find a broader published policy on Arab citizens. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora? No published position on aliyah or the diaspora. When this party talks about emigration, it means Palestinians leaving Gaza and the West Bank. ## What does Otzma Yehudit say about the environment, energy and transportation? I couldn't find anything published on the environment, energy, or transportation. ## What Otzma Yehudit puts front and center The 710 plan is the thing the party itself calls its flagship for this election, and Ben Gvir wrote that in the next term the party wants to head the new emigration ministry. [S6](#source-s6) [S19](#source-s19) The other thing they lead with is the two portfolios: defense for Ben Gvir, justice for Gotliv. [S7](#source-s7) Their campaign slogan is "Whoever believes is not afraid." [S18](#source-s18) ## What Otzma Yehudit hasn't published I couldn't find published positions on an October 7 commission of inquiry, the cost of living and taxes, general housing, Haredi service, health, welfare and pensions, education beyond one line, aliyah, or the environment and transportation. ## Chapters - 0:00 Intro - 0:20 About this series - 0:45 Who they are - 1:38 Security and foreign policy - 5:32 October 7 accountability - 5:42 Economy and cost of living - 5:54 Housing - 6:16 Religion and state - 6:30 Judiciary and governance - 8:59 Health, Immigration: no stated position ## Sources - S1: ["עוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גביר": ballot letter ב, 35 candidates, submitting parties](https://www.gov.il/he/pages/yehudit-meuhedet_list14) (Central Elections Committee list page, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07 (updated 2026-09-29)) - S2: [Home page: slogan "יהדות. אמת. דרך.", "About" paragraph](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/) (Party website home page, Hebrew, published Page modified 2026-09-06) - S3: ["מי אנחנו" (Who we are): party principles and staff](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/מי-אנחנו/) (Party website page, Hebrew, published Created 2021-08-02, modified 2026-08-24) - S4: ["תכנית ההתנתקות 710: תכנית עבודה לאומית להגירה מרצון מרצועת עזה" (Disengagement 710: national work plan for voluntary emigration from the Gaza Strip), 12 principles, 100-day plan](https://710.ozma-yeudit.co.il/) (Party mini-site (full plan text), Hebrew, published 2026-09-03) - S5: ["תכנית ההתנתקות 710: התכנית המלאה" (full plan booklet, 11 two-page spreads, created 2026-09-02)](https://710.ozma-yeudit.co.il/תכנית) (Platform PDF (booklet), Hebrew, published 2026-09-03) - S6: ["יו״ר עוצמה יהודית השר בן גביר מציג את תוכנית הדגל של עוצמה יהודית לקראת הבחירות ״התנתקות 710״" (launch of the flagship plan, 12 principles, budget)](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/יו״ר-עוצמה-יהודית-השר-בן-גביר-מציג-את-תו/) (Press release (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-09-04) - S7: ["בן גביר לביטחון. גוטליב למשפטים": six-point security program and six-point justice program](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/בן-גביר-לביטחון-גוטליב-למשפטים/) (Press release (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-09-22) - S8: ["Программа следующего правительства" (Program for the next government): Russian version of S7 plus 710 targets](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/bg-ru/) (Party website page (Russian), Russian, published 2026-09-24 (modified 2026-09-28)) - S9: ["למה דווקא שר הביטחון?" (Why defense minister?): six goals, each explained](https://t.me/bengvir/7145) (Social post (Telegram, leader), Hebrew, published 2026-09-29) - S10: [Ben Gvir's remarks after submitting the list for the 26th Knesset](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/דברי-יו״ר-עוצמה-יהודית-השר-איתמר-בן-גבי/) (Press release (website post, with video), Hebrew, published 2026-09-07) - S11: ["השר בן גביר מסמן יעד: ״A ו-B יהיו בדיוק כמו C״" (Areas A and B will be exactly like C)](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/השר-בן-גביר-מסמן-יעד-״a-ו-b-יהיו-בדיוק-כמו-c/) (Press release (website post, with video), Hebrew, published 2026-09-29) - S12: [Ben Gvir to Hamas prisoner Hassan Salameh: "as defense minister I will execute you"](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/השר-בן-גביר-לארכי-מחבל-מקו-18-שאחראי-לרצח-46/) (Press release (website post, with video); same text on Telegram 7137, Hebrew, published 2026-09-28 (Telegram 2026-09-27)) - S13: [Response to report on a Hamas operative planning an assassination; lists what he will keep promoting](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/פעיל-חמאס-שתכנן-להתנקש-בשר-בן-גביר-שוחר/) (Statement (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-09-06) - S14: [Ben Gvir letter to Netanyahu: close the British consulate in East Jerusalem](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/בעקבות-הסנקציות-השר-בן-גביר-לנתניהו-ל/) (Press release (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-09-08) - S15: [Letter to the prime minister: dismissal of the attorney general as a threshold condition for joining the next government](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/השר-בן-גביר-לרהמ-התנאי-לכניסת-עוצמה-יה/) (Press release (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-07-20) - S16: [Ben Gvir at the Otzma Yehudit faction meeting: "Israel must not accept the US Iran ceasefire"](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/השר-לביטחון-לאומי-איתמר-בן-גביר-בפתח-י-2/) (Statement (website post), Hebrew, published 2026-06-15) - S17: [Party sets up a Druze sector headquarters focused on housing and planning](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/עוצמה-יהודית-הוקם-מטה-המגזר-הדרוזי-במפ/) (Press release (website post; also Telegram 7036), Hebrew, published 2026-08-31) - S18: [Campaign launch rally in Petah Tikva, slogan "מי שמאמין לא מפחד"](https://ozma-yeudit.co.il/יריית-הפתיחה-של-עוצמה-יהודית-מאות-תומכ/) (Press release (website post, with video), Hebrew, published 2026-08-16) - S19: ["בקדנציה הבאה אנחנו נקים משרד הגירה ממשלתי" (next term we will set up a government emigration ministry)](https://t.me/bengvir/7062) (Social post (Telegram, leader), Hebrew, published 2026-09-06) - S20: [Summary of Ben Gvir's interview with Arye Golan on Reshet Bet: as defense minister he would see to burning the bodies of Sinwar and October 7 attackers](https://t.me/bengvir/7139) (Social post (Telegram) summarizing a radio interview, Hebrew, published 2026-09-29) - S21: [Mosque loudspeaker noise enforcement: "וכך זה יימשך" (and this will continue)](https://t.me/bengvir/7141) (Social posts (Telegram, leader), Hebrew, published 2026-09-29, 2026-09-30) - S22: [Demand to apply the death penalty law to the attacker in the Binyamin attack; settlers' right to life over PA residents' freedom of movement](https://t.me/bengvir/7109) (Social posts (Telegram, leader), Hebrew, published 2026-09-20) - S23: [Negev demolitions: "they want a government without Ben Gvir so police stop demolishing illegal houses in the Negev"](https://t.me/bengvir/7134) (Social post (Telegram, leader), Hebrew, published 2026-09-26)