A haredi party launched on 19 July 2026 by Moti Leitner out of Derech, the municipal faction he built in Beit Shemesh. It runs on haredim who work, and holds that a young man learning all day is protected absolutely while everyone else serves. Leitner will not name rabbinic backers.
The list, who comes with them
How this list is picked. The party says it assembles its list to mix Ashkenazim, Sephardim and Hasidim. There is no primary.
Moti LeitnerParty chairman, Beit Shemesh councillor→
Asher FradiAdviser to the mayor of Petah Tikva→
Nechumi YaffePublic-policy lecturer at Tel Aviv University→
Ziva GlanzChief executive of the Sha’ar Group→
Moti RubinsteinMedia and advertising executive→Yitzchok AdlersteinRabbi and writer→
Aharon UngarEntrepreneur and rabbi→
Yehuda OppenheimerRabbi, writer and tour guide→Haim GottliebCandidate→
Yonah Shlomo KaufmanBeit Shemesh councillor→
Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. No pollster asks about this list, so there is no seat projection to set that rank against.
Where they stand
Judea & SamariaRuns on the haredi sector's own questions, not on the West Bank
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityIt has published nothing on the war or the hostages
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentAbsolute protection for a young man learning all day, service for everyone else↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryIt has taken no position on the courts
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomyTraining, civil-service affirmative action and housing supply, with no wider fiscal line↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationHaredi schools stay independent, with maths and English taught inside them↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateRuns on the sector's own institutions, not on the state's religion policy
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipIt has taken no position on citizenship or the state's Jewish character
Equal citizenshipJewish national state