"The university cut my research funding because I said I would vote with Netanyahu"

An interview with Dr. Nehumi Yafe and Asher Freddy of the "Haredi Public" party ahead of the elections. Yafe, a researcher at Tel Aviv University, recounts being removed from research budgets due to her support for the right-wing bloc, the familial and communal tension, and the vision for change in Haredi society. Freddy emphasizes the focus on employment, core studies, and recruitment. The two clarify they will not join a government with Liberman or Golan.

An interview with Dr. Nehumi Yafe and Asher Freddy, the second and third candidates on the "Haredi Public" list headed by Moti Leitner, ahead of the elections. Yafe, a senior researcher at Tel Aviv University and former advisor to the National Security Council, reveals she was removed from two research budgets after declaring she would vote for the right-wing bloc led by Netanyahu. She describes mixed reactions in her environment: support from Haredi women, but criticism from her conservative family and academic colleagues. Freddy, an entrepreneur and lawyer who founded the Haredi integration department in the IDF, emphasizes the party's priorities: employment, core studies, and recruitment for those not studying. The two clarify they will not join a government led by Gadi Eisenkot if it includes Liberman or Yair Golan, and call for a broad unity government. They criticize existing Haredi parties for failing to advance a real conscription law.

"The university cut my research funding because I said I would vote with Netanyahu"