https://closeread.show/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/episodes/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/parties/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/method/2026-10-01 https://closeread.show/about/2026-10-01 https://closeread.show/subscribe/2026-10-01 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/security/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/october-7/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/economy/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/housing/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/religion-and-state/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/judiciary/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/education/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/health/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/welfare/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/arab-citizens/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/immigration/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/topics/environment/2026-10-08 https://closeread.show/israel-2026/b-yachad/2026-10-01 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ic1yyC7Mc1g/maxresdefault.jpg What is each party promising? Starting with B'Yachad On October 27, Israelis vote for the 26th Knesset. Thirty-eight lists filed to run. If you read English and not much Hebrew, finding out what any of them plans to do once in office is harder than it should be. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ic1yyC7Mc1g 1077 2026-10-01T10:05:52Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/yashar/2026-10-01 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wjw0GnIg3rA/maxresdefault.jpg Yashar: what they've published Gadi Eisenkot's party says its first government decision would be a state commission of inquiry into October 7, and it has already posted a draft of that decision for public comment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wjw0GnIg3rA 723 2026-10-01T15:00:33Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/sharshar/2026-10-02 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3m5gAeGHqjw/maxresdefault.jpg Sharshar: what they've published 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3m5gAeGHqjw 255 2026-10-02T06:00:00Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/partnership-for-everyone/2026-10-02 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2H-qsZVWxr4/maxresdefault.jpg Partnership for Everyone: what they've published I couldn't find a platform for Partnership for Everyone. What I could verify is one interview its leader gave on the day the list was filed, and one answer in it is about home demolitions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2H-qsZVWxr4 270 2026-10-02T10:00:38Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/pirate-party/2026-10-04 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/roUUCr9s4c8/maxresdefault.jpg The Pirate Party: what they've published The Pirate Party's website says it wants to get rid of the electoral threshold, the minimum share of the vote a party needs to enter the Knesset. https://www.youtube.com/embed/roUUCr9s4c8 404 2026-10-04T06:00:11Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/amcha-yisrael/2026-10-04 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSAAwi2U0_M/maxresdefault.jpg Amcha Yisrael: what they've published Ofer Winter's new party has a written platform that calls for a "voluntary emigration" plan for Gaza residents and says every Israeli citizen should do military or civil service, with housing and tax benefits tied to that service. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mSAAwi2U0_M 820 2026-10-04T14:00:08Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/israel-first/2026-10-05 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/367VZy7xCL8/maxresdefault.jpg Israel First: what they've published Israel First's work plan says every citizen should serve, in the army or in a civil national service, and that anyone who refuses would lose state benefits and housing assistance. https://www.youtube.com/embed/367VZy7xCL8 420 2026-10-05T05:00:31Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/garden-of-eden/2026-10-05 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vnAv8TkANm4/maxresdefault.jpg Garden of Eden: what they've published Garden of Eden proposes a National Jubilee program with debt relief and a basic income for citizens. The platform describes a gradual process, without a monthly payment figure or a blanket cancellation of all debt. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vnAv8TkANm4 681 2026-10-05T13:00:00Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/womens-voice/2026-10-06 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JcVrMUARhJM/maxresdefault.jpg Women's Voice: what they've published Women's Voice is on the ballot, but I couldn't find anything this list has published about what it would do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JcVrMUARhJM 184 2026-10-06T05:00:13Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/together-we-will-succeed/2026-10-06 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uc2cdko7Z9g/maxresdefault.jpg Together We Will Succeed: what they've published Together We Will Succeed wants to repeal the law that makes military service compulsory, and replace it with a small professional army of people who choose to serve. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uc2cdko7Z9g 298 2026-10-06T13:00:29Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/yisrael-beiteinu/2026-10-07 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxb6BgUsCGU/maxresdefault.jpg Yisrael Beiteinu: what they've published Yisrael Beiteinu says the first decision of the next government should be a state commission of inquiry into October 7. And it wants a draft law under which anyone who evades service loses state benefits, and deserters lose the right to vote. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oxb6BgUsCGU 761 2026-10-07T05:00:07Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/just-law/2026-10-07 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PbFrmW0GyYo/maxresdefault.jpg Mishpat Tzedek: what they've published 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. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbFrmW0GyYo 292 2026-10-07T14:00:13Z yes https://closeread.show/israel-2026/shema/2026-10-08 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h__fdcOJhLU/maxresdefault.jpg Shema: what they've published Shema's platform says state support for homosexuality should be made illegal, and that people who cheat on their spouses should be punished. That platform is still on their website, but it was written for earlier elections, and they haven't published anything new for this one. https://www.youtube.com/embed/h__fdcOJhLU 397 2026-10-08T05:00:37Z yes