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.827
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.1
What has Sharshar published?
I found no manifesto, no policy page, and no campaign website for this list.8
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.5237
I didn't review his social media, because I couldn't confirm which accounts speak for the list.8
Sharshar'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 Sharshar say about security and foreign policy?
I couldn't find a stated position on security or foreign policy.8
What does Sharshar say about accountability for October 7?
I couldn't find a stated position on October 7 accountability.8
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.8
What every party says about the economy and the cost of living
What does Sharshar say about housing?
I couldn't find a stated position on housing.8
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.4
What does Sharshar say about the judiciary and governance?
I couldn't find a stated position on the courts or how government is run.8
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.235
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.25
What does Sharshar say about social welfare, pensions and the elderly?
In the same answer he named Holocaust survivors, with no detail.2
What every party says about social welfare, pensions and the elderly
What does Sharshar say about Arab citizens and minorities?
I couldn't find a stated position on Arab citizens or minorities.8
What does Sharshar say about immigration, absorption and the diaspora?
I couldn't find a stated position on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora.8
What every party says about immigration, absorption and the diaspora
What does Sharshar say about the environment, energy and transportation?
I couldn't find a stated position on the environment, energy, or transportation.8
What every party says about the environment, energy and transportation
What Sharshar puts front and center
His main theme is unity. On Channel 14 he said Sharshar comes "to unite everyone."72
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.567
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.8
Sources
Everything above comes from what Sharshar 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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Intro
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. This is Close Read, and this is a series about what Israel's parties are promising to do in their own published words for
About this series
English-speaking voters ahead of the October 27th election. One party per episode. I only use what the party itself has 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. This list is called Sharshar for Love and the Unity of the People. Eitan Shvili is first of 12 candidates in
Who they are
the election committee record, and its ballot letters are Tsadi Dalit Kuf, Tsadzak. I found no manifesto, no policy page, and no campaign website for this list.
What they've published
What I found is Shvili on camera at the election committee on September 6th and the 7th in a Channel 14 interview on September 9th. So all of this was said in the interview. He named goals, and he didn't say how he would reach them. I did not review his social media because I could not confirm which accounts speak for the list. I couldn't find a stated position on security or foreign policy. I could not find a stated position on October 7th accountability. I could not find a stated position on the economy or the cost of living. I could not find a stated position on housing. On the Haredi draft, he said, quote, unquote, whoever studies, let him study.
Religion and state
Whoever does not study, let him go do service. He did not clarify in that interview whether he meant military or civilian service. I could not find a stated position on the courts or how government is run. He named bullying of children and teenagers and said he wants every child to have an
Education
equal opportunity. He didn't describe a program for either. Asked for the party's vision, he said it is first to be the voice of, quote, unquote, hundreds of thousands of people with
Health
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. In the same answer, he named Holocaust survivors with no detail. I could not find a stated position on Arab citizens or on other minorities. I could not find a stated position on immigration, absorption, or the diaspora. I could not find a stated position on the environment, energy, or transportation. His main theme is unity. On Channel 14, he said,
What they put front and center
Sharshar Sharshar comes to, quote, unquote, to unite everyone. 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 does not describe an actual foreign policy. So on eight of the 13 topics, I could not find a stated position. And where he did name a goal, he did not say
What's missing
how he would reach that goal. That's what Sharshar Sharshar has put on the record 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 October 27th election, I will try to pin an update in the comments. Next is list number four, Partnership for Everyone. And the full playlist is linked below.
