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  • 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.

    This episode reads Garden of Eden's online platform, including its National Jubilee economic program, proposed basic income, public budget transparency, education proposals, and trauma-treatment plan. It separates concrete proposals from goals and records the implementation details and topic positions absent from the pages reviewed.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode. Research cutoff: September 30, 2026. Unreviewed video speech and inaccessible social posts are outside this episode's source base.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/garden-of-eden/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnAv8TkANm4
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:19 About this series
    • 0:46 Who they are
    • 1:21 Security and foreign policy
    • 1:54 October 7 accountability
    • 2:09 Economy and cost of living
    • 4:01 Housing
    • 4:30 Religion and state
    • 4:58 Judiciary and governance
    • 6:48 Education
    • 7:54 Health
    • 8:23 Social welfare, pensions, and the elderly
    • 8:58 Arab citizens and minorities
    • 9:23 Immigration, Environment
    • 10:01 What they put front and center
    • 10:31 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 Central Elections Committee, "רשימות המועמדים לכנסת" for the 26th Knesset (all lists with letters)
    • S2 CEC page for "גן עדן בראשות ישוע ישראל בן דוד", submitted by "מפלגת גן עדן", 7 candidates, ballot slip image
    • S3 ganeden.org.il home page: principles, three "citizen laws" open to public vote, "ישראל 2026" statement
    • S4 "מצע מפלגת גן עדן": pillars, nine policy categories, "החוקים הראשונים" (12 laws), "תוכנית 100 הימים הראשונים"
    • S5 "הדרך שלנו" (our way): vision and five core values
    • S6 "חוקי גן עדן להצבעת הציבור": three draft bills with status
    • S7 Leader profile page, "ישוע ישראל בן דוד, מייסד ויו"ר מפלגת גן עדן"
    • S8 YouTube, "כאן מתחיל התיקון הכלכלי של ישראל" (67 s); description text only
    12 min
  • 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.

    Israel First, led by Sharren Haskel and running jointly with Aleh Yarok under ballot letter י, has published a four-chapter "national work plan" on its website covering security, the economy, education, and civil liberty. Haskel's posts on X add a few more positions.

    This episode walks through the work plan topic by topic: a universal service law with sanctions, cancelling the Oslo Accords, Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, cutting government ministries and the corporate tax, school vouchers, and cannabis legalization. It also lists the topics the party has not addressed.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/israel-first/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=367VZy7xCL8
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:18 About this series
    • 0:45 Who they are
    • 0:57 What they've published
    • 1:20 Security and foreign policy
    • 2:37 October 7, Economy
    • 3:24 Housing
    • 3:36 Religion and state
    • 4:18 Judiciary and governance
    • 4:39 Education
    • 4:59 Immigration, absorption, and diaspora
    • 5:33 Environment, Front and center
    • 6:17 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 Central Elections Committee, "רשימות המועמדים לכנסת" for the 26th Knesset (all lists with letters)
    • S2 CEC page for "ישראל תחילה בראשות שרן השכל", submitted by "מפלגת ישראל תחילה - ביטחון, כלכלה, אחדות בעם ישראל", 12 candidates, ballot slip image
    • S3 israelfirst.co.il home page: "ישראל תחילה, מחזירים את הכוח לרוב הציוני", "מי אנחנו", three principles, "מהן המטרות שלנו?"
    • S4 "תוכנית העבודה הלאומית: ביטחון, כלכלה וחינוך", four chapters (א ביטחון, ב כלכלה, ג חינוך, ד חירות אזרחית ולגליזציה)
    • S5 Party X account @Israelfirst26, posts P1 to P4 (Aug 5 to Aug 11, 2026)
    • S6 Sharren Haskel on X: three commitments "from my speech at the Israel First press conference"
    • S7 Sharren Haskel on X, on Gaza and Hamas
    • S8 Sharren Haskel on X, on the judicial system
    • S9 Sharren Haskel on X, on economic policy toward countries that sanction Israel
    • S10 Sharren Haskel on X, announcing that Aleh Yarok joins Israel First
    7 min
  • 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.

    Amcha Yisrael (עמך ישראל), led by Ofer Winter, has published one policy document: a Hebrew platform page on its website with eight sections, covering security doctrine and Gaza, universal military or civil service, the judiciary and organized crime, aliyah and diaspora relations, border regions, education, the economy and housing, and infrastructure and AI.

    This episode walks through that platform topic by topic in English, quoting the party's own wording, and notes where I couldn't find a published position, including on a state commission of inquiry into October 7, pensions, and a Palestinian state.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/amcha-yisrael/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSAAwi2U0_M
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:24 About this series
    • 1:03 What they've published
    • 1:56 Security and foreign policy
    • 4:21 October 7 accountability
    • 4:44 Economy and cost of living
    • 5:35 Housing
    • 6:04 Religion and state
    • 7:38 Judiciary and governance
    • 8:37 Education
    • 9:13 Health
    • 9:35 Welfare, Arab citizens
    • 10:08 Immigration, absorption, and diaspora
    • 10:59 Environment, energy, and transportation
    • 12:47 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 "מצע עמך ישראל: שמונה אדנים · עקרונות וכיוון" (Amcha Yisrael platform: eight foundations, principles and direction). Full platform on the party site: preamble, five core values, eight sections. Page carries , is not linked from the site menu, and is not in the sitemap (see README open questions). No date on page.
    • S2 Party homepage: self-description as "תנועה לאומית ימנית חדשה" (a new right-wing national movement), signed by Ofer Winter
    • S3 "הנבחרת שלנו" (our team): top 11 candidates with bios. Used only to confirm list composition; bios are not cited as party positions.
    • S4 Contact page. States registered party name "מפלגת עמי חי לעד" and party number 59-900165-8, office at Eliyahu Hakim 9, Jerusalem.
    • S5 Central Elections Committee, 26th Knesset: "עמך ישראל", "רשימת המועמדים הוגשה מטעם מפלגת עמי חי לעד" (list submitted on behalf of the party Ami Hai La'ad), published 07.09.2026, candidates 1 to 18
    • S6 Central Elections Committee 26th Knesset results export template. Column headers list the 38 ballot letter codes, including "ך". Does not map letters to party names; used only as partial corroboration of the letter.
    • S7 Site sitemap listing all public pages (platform page absent)
    • S8 Central Elections Committee index of all 38 lists for the 26th Knesset with ballot letters; this party's row gives the letters ך. The page header still carries the standard note that lists are as submitted, but the index includes the committee's September 23 exclusion decisions, so it postdates the review. Used for ballot letters only. Copied on 2026-10-01 from the Joint List folder's saved copy
    14 min
  • 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.

    The Pirate Party is running for the 26th Knesset under ballot letters צף, with a list headed by Ohad Shem Tov. It has not published a platform document for this election; its website carries a standing platform on an open wiki, a founding charter from 2012, and a question and answer page.

    This episode walks through what those pages say, topic by topic: the electoral threshold, internet voting and "liquid democracy," free internet, free education and health care, cannabis legalization, intellectual property, and the environment. It also lists the topics the party has not addressed.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/pirate-party/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roUUCr9s4c8
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:43 Who they are
    • 0:54 What they've published
    • 1:43 October 7, Economy: no stated position
    • 1:59 Housing, Religion and state
    • 2:21 Judiciary and governance
    • 3:40 Education
    • 3:51 Health, Welfare
    • 4:16 Arab citizens and minorities
    • 4:30 Immigration, Environment
    • 4:50 What they put front and center
    • 5:48 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 Central Elections Committee, "רשימות המועמדים לכנסת" for the 26th Knesset (all lists with letters)
    • S2 CEC page for "הפיראטים, צפים לטוב", submitted by "מפלגת הפיראטים", 24 approved candidates, ballot slip image
    • S3 piratim.org home page: "ישראל מוכנה לפיראטים", five headline sections with quotes "מתוך מצע המפלגה"
    • S4 "מצע" (platform), open wiki, 590 words, 8 sections, ends with "הפיראטים בישראל יחתרו ל:" list
    • S5 "הדגל": founding declaration (written 2012 per the page), five "קווי יסוד" and "הפיראטים חותרים ל" list
    • S6 "שאלות ותשובות", wiki, 662 words, includes "איזה נושאים הפיראטים יקדמו?"
    • S7 "הבחירות לכנסת ה-26": candidate list with bios, campaign ads, media list
    • S8 "מדינה" (the state), 65 words, supports "דמוקרטיה נזילה"
    • S9 "תשדיר העץ" (60 s), description only; audio not transcribed
    7 min
  • 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.

    Partnership for Everyone (השותפות לכולם, المشاركة للجميع), ballot letter ד, has no platform or website that I could find. This episode covers what its leader, Talal al-Qrinawi, said in a live interview with Hala TV and Panet at the election committee on September 7, 2026, including a remark on home demolitions, and walks the same thirteen topics as every episode. A regional news report of an Arabic announcement is mentioned but not counted, because I couldn't find the announcement itself. The list's leader is not the mayor of Rahat, who has the same name.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode. Research cutoff: October 2, 2026. Interview quotes come from a machine transcript of the Arabic audio.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/partnership-for-everyone/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H-qsZVWxr4
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:19 About this series
    • 0:48 Who they are
    • 1:14 What they've published
    • 1:46 Security, October 7: no stated position
    • 1:57 Economy, Housing
    • 2:14 Religion and state, Courts and governance: no stated position
    • 2:29 Education, Health: no stated position
    • 2:39 Social welfare, pensions, and the elderly
    • 2:49 Arab citizens and minorities
    • 3:15 Immigration, Environment: no stated position
    • 3:33 What they put front and center
    • 3:44 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 CEC page for "השותפות לכולם": submitted on behalf of מפלגת איחוד בני הברית (איתחאד אבנאא אלעהד), headed by Captain Bishara Shlayan; seven candidates; ballot slip ד / ض, المشاركة للجميع
    • S2 Ynet report that the CEC approved 38 lists and their letters, including "ד" for השותפות לכולם. Used only to confirm approval, never for a position
    • S3 "طلال القريناوي يتحدث عن تقديم قائمة حزب ‘شراكة للجميع‘": reporter Shehadeh Sami Azem interviews al-Qrinawi at the CEC (7 min 24 s; includes about 50 s of Abdullah Abu Ghanem)
    • S4 Panet, "حزب ‘شراكة للجميع‘ برئاسة طلال القريناوي من رهط يقدّم أوراقه للجنة الانتخابات المركزية": quotes candidate 2, Abdullah Abu Ghanem, on seeking change, the value of the Arab vote, and passing the threshold. Saved and logged; not used, because METHODOLOGY.md excludes lower-list candidates unless the party published the statement
    • S5 BR7 (Hebrew), "טלאל אלקרינאוי, תושב רהט, הודיע: ''אתמודד לכנסת בראש מפלגת 'השותפות לכולם''": reports an Arabic announcement by al-Qrinawi and another party post. Cited in the script only for the fact that the report exists
    • S6 BR7 (Arabic), "من رهط إلى الكنيست: طلال القريناوي يخوض الانتخابات ضمن حزب 'المشاركة للجميع'": same announcement; names the candidate طلال سليمان القريناوي and says he is a Rahat resident and activist, not the mayor
    • S7 @alkrienawi_talal ("رئيس بلدية رهط، الصفحة الرسمية"): Sept 12 open letter signed as mayor urging Arab turnout; Sept 22 post on the mayor at Joint List, Ra'am and Balad events urging votes for Arab parties. Used only to show the mayor is not this list's candidate. Nothing in it is attributed to the list
    • S8 Every query, account and retrieval attempt, 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-02, in Hebrew and Arabic, under all four forms of the name
    5 min
  • 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.

    I couldn't find a written 2026 platform for Sharshar for Love and the Unity of the People (ballot letters צדק). Its leader, Eitan Shvili, named several priorities on camera at the election committee on September 6 and 7 and in a Channel 14 interview on September 9: people living with post-trauma and combat trauma and their families, the basket of life-saving medicines, bullying of children and teenagers, Holocaust survivors, equal opportunity for children, service for those who don't study, and uniting the people. He didn't say how he would carry out any of them.

    All of these were said in an interview, not written in a platform. On eight of the thirteen topics in this series I couldn't find a stated position. I didn't review social media accounts, because I couldn't confirm which ones speak for the list.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode. Research cutoff: October 1, 2026.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/sharshar/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5gAeGHqjw
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:15 About this series
    • 0:42 Who they are
    • 0:54 What they've published
    • 1:48 Religion and state
    • 2:12 Education
    • 2:23 Health
    • 3:10 What they put front and center
    • 3:33 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 "שרשר לאהבה ואחדות העם": twelve candidates, ballot slip צדק
    • S2 Shvili at the list filing, answering "what is the party's vision" (86 s). Same footage appears in the Ynet and Kikar HaShabbat videos
    • S3 Shvili's statement to reporters at the list filing, "הגעתי לשרת את עם ישראל" (77 s)
    • S4 "יו"ר שרשר איתן שווילי - על גיוס חרדים // ערוץ הכנסת" (18 s, cut mid-sentence)
    • S5 Ynet, "נהיה הפה של מאות אלפים": Shvili at party registration at the election committee
    • S6 Ynet, "ביבי יהיה שר החוץ שלי": list filing and a short interview with Ynet
    • S7 Channel 14 "יומן צוהריים" interview, "נתניהו יכול להיות שר החוץ" (7 min 50 s)
    • S8 Queries, footage reviewed, website and social-account checks
    5 min
  • 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.

    Yashar, the party led by Gadi Eisenkot, runs on the ballot letters דרך as a joint list with Hili Tropper's Yesodot Yisrael. It has published a short "10 steps" platform, a list of party goals, twelve detailed plans on its Hebrew website, and a draft government decision for a state commission of inquiry into October 7.

    This episode walks through what those documents say on security, October 7 accountability, the economy, housing, military service and religion and state, the courts and governance, education, health, seniors, Arab citizens, immigration, and transportation, and notes where I couldn't find a published position.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/yashar/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjw0GnIg3rA
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:18 About this series
    • 0:44 Who they are
    • 1:04 What they've published
    • 1:53 Security and foreign policy
    • 3:14 October 7 accountability
    • 3:46 Economy and cost of living
    • 4:58 Housing
    • 5:44 Religion and state
    • 7:09 Judiciary and governance
    • 7:50 Education
    • 8:42 Health
    • 9:04 Social welfare, pensions, and the elderly
    • 9:28 Arab citizens and minorities
    • 9:59 Immigration, absorption, and diaspora
    • 10:25 Environment, energy, and transportation
    • 10:46 What they put front and center
    • 11:10 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 Candidate list "ישר! עם איזנקוט לראשות הממשלה מאחדים את ישראל", ballot letters דרך, list submitted by ישר לישראל עם איזנקוט and יסודות ישראל
    • S2 "10 צעדים לשגשוגה של מדינת ישראל" (10 steps brochure), 8 pages
    • S3 Homepage, including the same 10 steps text and the "ישראל צריכה דרך ישרה!" intro
    • S4 "תכניות" hub listing the party's plans
    • S5 "ישר! לשירות ממלכתי לכל" (State service for all)
    • S6 "ישר! להוקרה ולתגמול משרתי המילואים והסדיר" (Reservists and conscripts)
    • S7 "ישר! להזנקת הכלכלה הישראלית והורדת יוקר המחיה" (Economy and cost of living)
    • S8 "ישר! לחינוך ממלכתי ומצטיין" (Education)
    • S9 "ישר! לביטחון פנים, משילות, והחזרת החוק והסדר לרחובות" (Internal security and crime)
    • S10 "ישר! לצמיחה מתוך משבר ובניית חוסן לאומי" (Post-trauma and national resilience)
    • S11 "ישר! לעליית המיליונים, לשיבה הביתה וIn-location" (Aliyah and returning Israelis)
    • S12 "ישר! לקליטת עלייה" (Immigrant absorption)
    • S13 "ישר! לשיקום ושגשוג הצפון" (Northern reconstruction)
    • S14 "ישר! לחיזוק החקלאות הישראלית" (Agriculture)
    • S15 "ישר! לגיל השלישי" (Senior citizens)
    • S16 "ישר! לצעירים" (Young adults)
    • S17 "החלטת הממשלה הראשונה שלנו: ועדת חקירה ממלכתית לטבח ה-7 באוקטובר" (commission of inquiry page, open for public comment until 7.10.26)
    • S18 Draft government decision establishing a state commission of inquiry, "טיוטה לשיתוף הציבור", 3 pages
    • S19 "מטרות המפלגה" (Party goals, 12 items)
    • S20 "מכונת הרעל" rebuttal page (party responses to claims about Eisenkot)
    • S21 156 "position" items grouped by plan. Includes four plans NOT linked from the plans hub and whose position URLs return 404: "ישר! לדיור" (housing, 10 items, dated 2026-09-24), "ישר! לקהילה הגאה" (LGBTQ community, 6 items, 2026-09-24), "ישר! לשיוויון מגדרי" (gender equality, 6 items, 2026-09-15), "ישר! לתרבות" (culture, 8 items, 2026-09-15). See README open questions.
    • S22 Jerusalem Post Magazine interview with Eisenkot, by Keshet Neev and Zvika Klein. Quotes are as published in English by JPost (the interview language is not stated).
    • S23 "מדברים ישר!" video page (podcast episodes, inventory only)
    13 min
  • 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.

    This is the first episode of the series. It starts with how the series works: the source rules, the thirteen topics every party gets, and the order, which follows the Central Elections Committee's own list numbering. Then it goes straight into list number one.

    B'Yachad (ביחד), the joint list of Naftali Bennett's party and Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid, runs under the ballot letters רק. I couldn't find a single platform document. Its website has about twenty-five separate policy plans in Hebrew, most posted between June and September 2026, plus a 34-page education plan, and Yesh Atid keeps its own ten-point list.

    This episode walks through those plans on the same thirteen topics every party gets: security, October 7, the economy, housing, religion and state, the courts, education, health, welfare, Arab citizens, immigration, and the environment. Where I couldn't find a published position, I say so.

    This is part of a Close Read series for English speaking voters on the published policies of every party running in Israel's October 27, 2026 Knesset election. I only use what each party has made public. If a party didn't publish it, it isn't in the episode.

    Transcript, chapters and every source: https://closeread.show/israel-2026/b-yachad/
    Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic1yyC7Mc1g
    Close Read is free and listener supported. Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheCloseRead

    Chapters

    • 0:00 Intro
    • 0:20 What this series is
    • 2:19 Translation
    • 2:31 What I won't do
    • 2:43 Sources
    • 2:57 The order
    • 3:24 B'Yachad
    • 3:37 Who they are
    • 3:50 What they've published
    • 4:37 Security and foreign policy
    • 6:59 October 7 accountability
    • 7:19 Economy and cost of living
    • 8:26 Housing
    • 9:13 Religion and state
    • 10:49 Judiciary and governance
    • 11:39 Education
    • 12:33 Health
    • 13:13 Social welfare, pensions, and the elderly
    • 14:23 Arab citizens and minorities
    • 15:43 Immigration, absorption, and diaspora
    • 16:06 Environment, energy, and transportation
    • 17:10 What's missing

    Sources (most in Hebrew)

    • S1 Central Elections Committee list page "ביחד בראשות נפתלי בנט", ballot letters רק, list submitted by "ביחד בראשות בנט מחזירים את התקווה" and "יש עתיד - בראשות יאיר לפיד"
    • S2 Joint list home page and plans index ("ביחד נתקן - תכניות")
    • S3 "רק ביחד נשמור על הבטחון הלאומי" (national security concept, 12 action lines)
    • S4 "רק ביחד נתקן את הריבונות והביטחון האישי" (internal security and crime, 7 steps)
    • S5 "רק ביחד נוריד את יוקר המחיה" (cost of living)
    • S6 "רק ביחד נתקן את משבר הדיור" (housing)
    • S7 "רק ביחד נתקן את יחסי הדת והמדינה" (religion and state)
    • S8 "רק ביחד נתקן את מעמד הציבור המשרת והעובד" ("חוק המשרתים של בנט", Service Law, current version)
    • S9 "״ביחד נתקן״- חוק המשרתים" (Service Law landing page with funding table)
    • S10 "רק ביחד נתקן את מערכת החינוך" (education, web summary, 11 points)
    • S11 "הסכם חדש בחינוך: משרד החינוך בממשלת השיקום" (full education plan, 34 pages, linked from S10 as "להורדת התכנית המלאה")
    • S12 Earlier 23-page version of the same education plan (not linked from any page found)
    • S13 "רק ביחד נדאג לגיל הרך" (early childhood, ages 0 to 3)
    • S14 "רק ביחד נתקן את מערכת הבריאות" (health)
    • S15 "רק ביחד נגן על הסביבה בישראל" (environment, energy, transit)
    • S16 "רק ביחד נתקן את מעמד הנשים בישראל" (women)
    • S17 "רק יחד נביא שיויון זכויות לקהילה הגאה" (LGBT equality, "חוקי שגיא")
    • S18 "רק ביחד נשלב אנשים עם מוגבלויות" (disabilities)
    • S19 "רק ביחד נדאג לגיל השלישי להזדקנות בכבוד" (aging). A second copy titled "טויטה" (draft) is also public.
    • S20 "רק ביחד נדאג לשורדי השואה" (Holocaust survivors)
    • S21 "רק ביחד נדאג למשפחות המילואימניקים" (reservists' families)
    • S22 "רק ביחד נתקן את מצב העסקים הקטנים בישראל" (small business)
    • S23 "רק ביחד נתקן את ענף התיירות בישראל" (tourism)
    • S24 "רק ביחד נשקם את ישובי קו העימות" ("חוק קו העימות", northern frontline law)
    • S25 "רק ביחד נשקם את קרית שמונה" plus a draft bill and a draft government decision for Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Shlomi
    • S26 "רק ביחד נתקן את החוק והסדר בנגב" ("תוכנית בנט לחוק וסדר בנגב")
    • S27 "רק ביחד נשקם את פצועי צה״ל וכוחות הביטחון" (wounded soldiers' rehabilitation)
    • S28 "רק ביחד נדאג לבעלי החיים" (animal welfare)
    • S29 "A 'New Contract' for Israel's Hi-Tech Industry" (English only; no Hebrew version found on the site)
    • S30 "חוזרים אל המגילה: ממגילה לחוקה" (Declaration of Independence as the opening of a constitution, Basic Law: Legislation), signed by Bennett, Lapid and candidates
    • S31 "תזכיר חוק יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון - תקופת כהונה מרבית בתפקיד ראש הממשלה)" (prime minister term limit, file name says "בנט-2026")
    • S32 Yesh Atid "נחזור, נתקן" (ten headline commitments; same list on the Yesh Atid home page)
    • S33 Bennett, Telegram, visit to the Gaza border area, "conclusions" list
    • S34 Bennett, Telegram, Haredi education and funding ("לא ציוני - לא על חשבוני")
    • S35 Bennett, Telegram, first-day-of-school letter (education emergency, teachers)
    • S36 Bennett, Telegram, daycare subsidy criteria; rules to apply to all citizens "כולל הערבים"
    • S37 Bennett, Telegram, state commission of inquiry as "the first fix" of the next government
    • S38 Bennett, Telegram, Qatar as an enemy state (two posts)
    • S39 Bennett, Telegram, Haredi draft and funding rules ("מי שלא מתגייס לא מקבל שקל")
    • S40 Campaign logo file "רק ביחד נתקן, בראשות בנט" (ballot letters in the logo)
    18 min

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