Who they are
Karhi was born in 1982, qualified as an accountant and holds a doctorate in industrial engineering and management. He lectured at Bar-Ilan University before entering the Knesset in 2019. He has been communications minister since December 2022, and the broadcasting law that replaces the sector's regulators passed in July 2026.
Positions and record
Public broadcasting: Says there is no place for broadcasting funded out of the public purse.
Media regulation: Passed a law abolishing the Second Authority and the Cable and Satellite Council.
Foreign press: Backed closing Al Jazeera's Israeli operations, calling it a propaganda platform.
Gaza: Argued at a 2024 conference for renewed Jewish settlement in Gaza.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineSovereignty over every part of the Land of Israel, pursued through budgets and construction rather than annexation bills, and no Palestinian state.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineNo withdrawal on anyone else's timetable: it slowed and limited the withdrawal in the American plan and made it turn on Hamas disarming first.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentparty lineIt governs with the Haredi parties and in July 2026 barred the arrest of draft evaders, while its own aims require regular service of every citizen.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineThe judicial selection law takes effect with the next Knesset, giving the coalition the decisive voice in appointments. No override clause is sought.
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineA national liberal movement for the free market and social equality together, with government out of the economy as far as it can go.
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineJewish tradition taught through the schools, and the core-studies rule kept on the books without ever being used to cut a budget.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineThe religious status quo, governed with its Haredi partners, alongside a guarantee of freedom of conscience.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineThe Nation-State Law and Jewish self-determination, set beside equal rights for every citizen and the integration of minorities into the state.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state