Who they are
Harush Giti grew up in Jerusalem in a traditional Moroccan household, half of it Haredi by her own account. She commanded a company at the Havat HaShomer training base and took a master's in public policy at the Hebrew University. She ran the Acharai! movement as its first woman chief executive, then Pnima, and from 2020 headed the Defense Ministry's service outline directorate under Benny Gantz.
Positions and record
Draft: A National Service Law covering every community, enforced.
Integration: Enlistment must lead into employment and education, not stop at the base gate.
Service: Universal obligations as the price of the social contract.
Kodkod: Personally built the Kodkod track at the Defense Ministry, which places elite Haredi men aged 21 to 26 into Unit 8200 technology roles while they keep living at home and dressing Haredi rather than wearing uniform; the program has grown from 86 to 200 places per intake.
Autonomy: Says the goal goes beyond a conscription law: in a Kol Hai radio interview she called for dismantling Haredi communal autonomy across 'all areas of Haredi life,' arguing it weakens the state, and for reaching the Haredi public directly rather than through rabbinic leadership.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineNo Palestinian state. Eisenkot has never supported establishing one, and opposition is the only line he has taken on the question.
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineA new security doctrine, and an alternative government in Gaza on Israel's terms. Eisenkot pressed for the Rafah operation as leverage for a hostage deal.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentparty lineEveryone is summoned, the army first and civilian service otherwise, with prosecution for evaders. Up to 3 per cent of each intake may defer a year for Torah study.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineA judiciary that is strong, independent and accountable, a Knesset that is sovereign, and a Basic Law: Legislation strengthening the Knesset's own authority.
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineWork should always pay more than a benefit, and benefits should follow need rather than sector. Break the concentration groups and open parallel imports.
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineCore studies are the condition for full public funding, with a national council setting the core, while budget and authority devolve to town halls and to heads.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineCivil union institutionalised in Israel, Shabbat in the public space left to each locality, and women seated on religious councils and on the assemblies that elect rabbis.
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineA solid Jewish majority for generations, set beside equal rights, equal duties and equal opportunity for every Israeli, with minority rights named explicitly.
Equal citizenshipJewish national state
