Who they are
Rubinstein was born in Buenos Aires in 1985 and moved to Israel in 2001. He studied at Torah Or Yeshiva in Jerusalem and co-founded Pashkevil with Ariel Klickstein. He holds a degree in education and society from Ono Academic College. He edited HaMakom until May 2025 and founded the Lechatchila media channel that year.
Positions and record
Public safety: Called in January 2026 for an investigation of protest organisers after a boy was killed in Jerusalem, and opposed sending children to roadblocks without coordination or safety arrangements.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineNo line on the West Bank beyond haredi towns and hesder yeshivas along the eastern border
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineNothing 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 Enlistmentparty lineAbsolute protection for a young man learning all day. Everyone else serves, in the army or in national and civil service
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineIt has taken no position on the courts
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineTraining, civil-service affirmative action and five times the housing starts, with yeshivas weaned off state money onto private support
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineHaredi schools stay independent, with maths and English taught inside them through the state-haredi stream
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineRuns on the sector's own institutions, not on the state's religion policy
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineNo 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