Who they are
Malka was born and grew up in Kiryat Shmona. In 2018 he stood for its city council as the youngest candidate in that year's local elections in Israel. He is a member of Betar and a student in Reichman University's excellence programme in strategy and decision-making. He was among the founders of Lobby 1701, which campaigns for the northern border communities.
Positions and record
Northern economy: Calls for jobs, transport and cultural facilities to bring young residents back to the north. He proposed an international industrial zone on the northern border in an October 2025 interview.
Northern border security: Argues that a diplomatic agreement alone cannot secure the return of northern residents. He cited the failure to enforce UN Resolution 1701 and prevent Hezbollah from arming along the border.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
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 Enlistmentparty lineA Basic Law: Service puts every citizen in the army or in national or civilian service, with a track kept for outstanding Torah scholars as the army's needs allow.
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
