# Hatzibur HaHaredi: the spokesperson on the right-wing bloc and on the party (received 6 October 2026) Sent by Raphael Poch, spokesperson for Hatzibur HaHaredi (הציבור החרדי, which writes its name HaTzibur HaCharedi in English), to The Petek over WhatsApp on 6 October 2026, as two messages at 4:41 PM and 4:46 PM. Transcribed verbatim, spelling as sent. --- [4:41 PM, 10/6/2026] Raphael Poch: Our official position is that we are planning to join a right-wing block and will vote with the block on those issues. We are focused mainly on solving the issues in the Charedi community and will vote with the right-wing block on all other issues. [4:46 PM, 10/6/2026] Raphael Poch: About the party: The HaTzibur HaCharedi party grew from the grassroots as a public movement determined to look reality in the eye and once again represent the Charedi community on the issues that truly matter to it. We will protect the Torah world and bring a real solution to the draft crisis — a solution that protects those who are learning Torah while creating an appropriate Charedi path for those who are not. Our vision is that anyone who is not learning full time will serve in some form of National Service and/or IDF unit that is appropriate for a Charedi lifestyle. Where those don't exist, we will work to create them. We will encourage the teaching of mathematics and English in Charedi education, so that our children can grow up as proud Charedim while also receiving the tools they need to build their futures. We will courageously confront the problems that have reached alarming levels: community dropout, poverty, violence, corruption, failures in local government, and hatred toward Charedim. We will not hide them, cover them up, or accept them as inevitable. We have the courage to look reality in the eye. The other Charedi parties have lost the ability to fix what is broken. We will take responsibility and fix it. Call to Action We have an obligation to change course of the Charedi Community before the situation becomes irreversible.