Otzma Yehudit: Free Market, Ben-Gvir Version – Increased Supervision on Products

The Globus fact-checking team publishes the economic platform of the Otzma Yehudit party, which supports a free market alongside price controls on basic goods, breaking up monopolies, and easing regulations for entrepreneurs in the periphery.

The Globus fact-checking team publishes the economic platform of the Otzma Yehudit party, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, as part of a project comparing party positions. The party supports a free market but favors price controls on basic goods and baby products, while expanding the list of supervised products. It opposes a sweeping tax increase but supports taxing the upper deciles and granting exemptions to disadvantaged populations. In real estate, the party offers relief for entrepreneurs in the periphery, Judea and Samaria, and the Negev, and opposes raising municipal property taxes on residences. It opposes cuts to the defense budget but supports efficiency and redirecting funds to combat soldiers. The party supports breaking up monopolies and strengthening the Competition Authority, and opposes government intervention in the foreign exchange market except in exceptional cases. The article does not include a breakdown of budgetary sources for implementing the promises.