Tag: Naftali Bennett
Former Israeli PM: Putin said he would not kill Zelenskyy
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who worked briefly as a mediator at the beginning of Russia’s war with Ukraine, says that President Vladimir Putin assured him he would not have his Ukrainian counterpart...
Bennett: Israeli judicial reform proposal ‘dangerous’
Several months following his resignation from politics, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett criticized the proposed legal reforms by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government on social media Monday.
“It’s no secret that I believe that for generations, the...
A mixed bag: The Bennett-Lapid government’s Mideast policies
As we head to Israel’s fifth election in less than four years, an examination of the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid coalition government’s foreign policy track record reveals both highlights and lowlights.
The most controversial foreign policy...
Bennett mulling resignation as alternative PM
Alternative Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is thinking of stepping down from the role immediately after the upcoming national election.
Bennett, who is not a candidate for the Knesset in the November 1 vote, is considering...
Yamina faces uncertain future following Bennett’s exit
Coalition lawmakers bid farewell to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday, shortly after he announced that not only was he not running in the next elections, but was taking a break from politics...
The collapse of the current Israeli government is only the first step
It is difficult to count how many times members of Israel’s governing coalition seemed about to drop out, thus opening the door to the government’s demise. We were simply observers of this interminable process....
Netanyahu hails end of ‘worst gov’t in Israeli history,’ as new elections are on...
Israel appears set to head back to the polls after a “change coalition” has failed to hold its razor-thin majority, barely a year after its formation.
Elections are likely to be held on Oct. 25,...
Bennett, EU Commissioner discuss export of Israeli gas to Europe via Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed ways of exporting Israeli natural gas to Europe, via Egypt, during a meeting in Jerusalem on Tuesday, according to...
Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims
Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside...
How to kill a democracy
Israeli democracy is hanging by a thread. That is the lesson of last Monday’s testimony by prosecution witness and former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Filber...