A haredi party launched on 19 July 2026 by Moti Leitner out of Derech, the municipal faction he built in Beit Shemesh. It runs on haredim who work, and holds that a young man learning all day is protected absolutely while everyone else serves. Leitner will not name rabbinic backers.
The list, who comes with them
How this list is picked. The party says it assembles its list to mix Ashkenazim, Sephardim and Hasidim. There is no primary.
Moti LeitnerParty chairman, Beit Shemesh councillor→
Asher FradiAdviser to the mayor of Petah Tikva→
Nechumi YaffePublic-policy lecturer at Tel Aviv University→
Ziva GlanzChief executive of the Sha’ar Group→
Moti RubinsteinMedia and advertising executive→Yitzchok AdlersteinRabbi and writer→
Aharon UngarEntrepreneur and rabbi→
Yehuda OppenheimerRabbi, writer and tour guide→Haim GottliebCandidate→
Yonah Shlomo KaufmanBeit Shemesh councillor→
Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. No pollster asks about this list, so there is no seat projection to set that rank against.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaNo line on the West Bank beyond haredi towns and hesder yeshivas along the eastern border↗
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityNothing on the war or the hostages, but it wants conscription tracks in the Shin Bet, the Mossad and the police, and a body for haredi reserve families↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentAbsolute protection for a young man learning all day. Everyone else serves, in the army or in national and civil service↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryIt has taken no position on the courts
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyTraining, civil-service affirmative action and five times the housing starts, with yeshivas weaned off state money onto private support↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationHaredi schools stay independent, with maths and English taught inside them through the state-haredi stream↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateRuns on the sector's own institutions, not on the state's religion policy
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipNo position on citizenship. It asks the state to open the gates to every Jew and to fund absorption past the airport↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state