Who they are
Zer Katzenstein was born in Migdal HaEmek in 1982 and grew up in Holon. She served as a Home Front Command personnel officer, then worked at the Shin Bet while studying communications and management at the College of Management. She worked in marketing and communications at L’Oréal, Coca-Cola, Google and Playtika. She founded Bonot Alternativa in 2020.
Positions and record
Women’s safety: Zer Katzenstein proposes wider use of electronic monitoring and two years of income support for women after they leave a shelter.
Equality: She would add equal minority rights to the Nation-State Basic Law, reduce funding for parties with fewer than 40% elected women, and require at least 40% of each gender in senior public jobs.
Religion & state: She supports civil marriage and divorce through a Justice Ministry registry and family courts, with religious courts acting only with both spouses’ written consent.
Service: She wants all combat, technical and command roles open to women on professional criteria alone.
Childcare: She would align nursery carers’ pay with kindergarten assistants’ pay and subsidise recognised nursery fees to cap them at NIS 3,000 a month.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.