Who they are
Deri was born in Paris and came to Israel alone in 1990 through Youth Aliyah. She worked about 15 years in journalism, starting at Arutz Sheva's French service, and later wrote a column for Israel Hayom. She founded a national educational absorption project for immigrants from France and sat on the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council for Eli. Her son, Sergeant First Class Sadaia Yaakov Deri, was killed in Gaza on 20 June 2024.
Positions and record
Haredi enlistment: Leads the bereaved families campaigning for a universal draft. Her framework is broad haredi conscription alongside limited, defined quotas for full-time Torah scholars, and she has said every 18-year-old should serve in some form.
The war: Days after her son fell in June 2024 she said he "did not fall on the altar of a diplomatic arrangement but for a complete victory over the enemy".
Where they stand
Breaks with the party line on 1 issue, marked below.
Judea & Samariaparty lineJudea and Samaria an inseparable part of the Jewish homeland: no Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority disarmed but for police weapons, and Jewish communities strengthened
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineVoluntary emigration for Gazans who want to leave, to countries willing to take them, with the terror groups kept from rebuilding and any war costing the enemy territory.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentpersonal positionMarches for a conscription law with teeth, where Winter wants haredim to come by trust rather than by statute
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineA supreme appellate court to hear appeals against the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's job split in two, and legal advisers kept from tying soldiers' hands
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineMove power from concentrated interests to consumers, workers and entrepreneurs: break up monopolies, cut regulation and bureaucracy, and back small and medium businesses.
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineOne national standard and a full core curriculum in every school system, no state money for anti-Zionist schools, and principals given charge of hiring and programmes.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineTradition by love, not coercion, from a slate of religious, traditional and secular candidates; no stated policy on civil marriage, conversion, Shabbat or the rabbinate
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineA home for every Jew in the world; Arab citizens who want the country's good
Equal citizenshipJewish national state
