# Sharshar: what they've published Close Read, episode 3. Sharshar (שרשר), list 3, ballot letters צדק. Published October 2, 2026. Israel's Knesset election is on October 27, 2026. - Page: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/sharshar/ - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5gAeGHqjw - Audio: https://media.closeread.show/audio/closeread-003-sharshar-65d02562.mp3 I couldn't find a written platform for Sharshar. But its leader, Eitan Shvili, has named a handful of priorities on camera, and those are what this episode covers. [S8](#source-s8)[S2](#source-s2)[S7](#source-s7) ## Who is Sharshar? This list is called Sharshar for Love and the Unity of the People. Eitan Shvili is first of twelve candidates in the election committee record, and its ballot letters are tzadi dalet kuf, צדק. [S1](#source-s1) ## What has Sharshar published? I found no manifesto, no policy page, and no campaign website for this list. [S8](#source-s8) What I found is Shvili on camera at the election committee on September 6 and 7, and in a Channel 14 interview on September 9. So all of this was said in an interview. He named goals, and he didn't say how he would reach them. [S5](#source-s5)[S2](#source-s2)[S3](#source-s3)[S7](#source-s7) I didn't review his social media, because I couldn't confirm which accounts speak for the list. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about security and foreign policy? I couldn't find a stated position on security or foreign policy. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about accountability for October 7? I couldn't find a stated position on October 7 accountability. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about the economy and the cost of living? I couldn't find a stated position on the economy or the cost of living. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about housing? I couldn't find a stated position on housing. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about religion and state? On the Haredi draft, he said, "whoever studies, let him study; whoever doesn't study, let him go do service." He didn't say whether he meant military or civilian service. [S4](#source-s4) ## What does Sharshar say about the judiciary and governance? I couldn't find a stated position on the courts or how government is run. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about education? He named bullying of children and teenagers, and said he wants every child to have an equal opportunity. He didn't describe a program for either. [S2](#source-s2)[S3](#source-s3)[S5](#source-s5) ## What does Sharshar say about health? Asked for the party's vision, he said it is first to be the voice of "hundreds of thousands" of people with post-trauma, then people with combat trauma and their families. He also named the basket of life-saving medicines, without saying what he would change. [S2](#source-s2)[S5](#source-s5) ## What does Sharshar say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly? In the same answer he named Holocaust survivors, with no detail. [S2](#source-s2) ## What does Sharshar say about Arab citizens and minorities? I couldn't find a stated position on Arab citizens or minorities. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora? I couldn't find a stated position on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora. [S8](#source-s8) ## What does Sharshar say about the environment, energy and transportation? I couldn't find a stated position on the environment, energy, or transportation. [S8](#source-s8) ## What Sharshar puts front and center His main theme is unity. On Channel 14 he said Sharshar comes "to unite everyone." [S7](#source-s7)[S2](#source-s2) He has also said that in a government he led, Benjamin Netanyahu would be foreign minister. That is about who would hold the job, and he didn't describe a foreign policy. [S5](#source-s5)[S6](#source-s6)[S7](#source-s7) ## What Sharshar hasn't published So on eight of the thirteen topics, I couldn't find a stated position, and where he did name a goal, he didn't say how he'd reach it. [S8](#source-s8) ## Chapters - 0:00 Intro - 0:15 About this series - 0:42 Who they are - 0:54 What they've published - 1:48 Religion and state - 2:12 Education - 2:23 Health - 3:10 What they put front and center - 3:33 What's missing ## Sources - S1: ["שרשר לאהבה ואחדות העם": twelve candidates, ballot slip צדק](https://www.gov.il/he/pages/sharshar_list3) (CEC list page, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07, updated 2026-09-29) - S2: [Shvili at the list filing, answering "what is the party's vision" (86 s). Same footage appears in the Ynet and Kikar HaShabbat videos](https://x.com/KnessetT/status/2096938679012909254) (Video, Knesset Channel 99 post on X, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07) - S3: [Shvili's statement to reporters at the list filing, "הגעתי לשרת את עם ישראל" (77 s)](https://x.com/KnessetT/status/2096944026758906324) (Video, Knesset Channel 99 post on X, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07) - S4: ["יו"ר שרשר איתן שווילי - על גיוס חרדים // ערוץ הכנסת" (18 s, cut mid-sentence)](https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/politics/article/21464428) (Video, Knesset Channel footage in Israel Hayom's player, Hebrew, published Filmed 2026-09-07; embedded 2026-09-07 and 2026-09-22) - S5: [Ynet, "נהיה הפה של מאות אלפים": Shvili at party registration at the election committee](https://www.ynet.co.il/news/elections2026/article/sjsnags00zg) (News article with video, direct quotes, Hebrew, published 2026-09-06) - S6: [Ynet, "ביבי יהיה שר החוץ שלי": list filing and a short interview with Ynet](https://www.ynet.co.il/news/elections2026/article/rj4yfhnoze) (News article, interview quotes, Hebrew, published 2026-09-07) - S7: [Channel 14 "יומן צוהריים" interview, "נתניהו יכול להיות שר החוץ" (7 min 50 s)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DdgmyspKQU) (TV studio interview (video on Channel 14's YouTube, plus article), Hebrew, published 2026-09-09) - S8: Queries, footage reviewed, website and social-account checks (Research log, English, published n/a)