Naftali Bennett, chairman of the Beyachad party, unveiled a new plan Tuesday that he called a “New Agreement,” laying out a broad agenda for changes in education, security, government, the economy, and the state’s relationship with the Chareidi community.

Bennett said that over the past two years, he and his team worked with experts to build plans aimed at addressing what he described as Israel’s deepest problems. A major part of the plan focuses on education, with Bennett pledging to shut down what he called the “Education Ministry of 1948” and open an “Education Ministry of 2026.”

Turning to the Chareidi sector, Bennett said Israel is on “a path of slow-motion suicide” in its current approach. He claimed that “an independent and anti-Zionist Chareidi state” has developed “under our noses” with state funding, and vowed to end funding for Chareidi education that he says harms the country, while offering an alternative.

Bennett also pledged to draft 20,000 additional soldiers and adopt what he called a policy of “zero containment” toward security threats. “Not a drone. Not a rocket. And certainly not military buildup,” he said.

On the economy, Bennett promised a “war” against food cartels, specifically naming Tnuva’s Chinese owners, Shufersal, Unilever, and Diplomat, saying that “on my first day in office — the celebration is over.”

Bennett also said organized crime should be treated as a national security threat, pledged to close seven government ministries, transfer more authority to local governments, replace political appointments with professional ones, and establish a national public diplomacy body he called “8300” to counter Qatar, Iran, and Israel’s enemies worldwide.

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