Tag: Naftali Bennett
Netanyahu to leave Prime Minister’s Residence by July 10
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement on Sunday regarding a handover date for the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu and his family will vacate the residence by...
Will the Bennett-Lapid government have the political power to address Israel’s most contentious issues?
Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s 13th prime minister on Sunday evening with a razor-thin 60 Knesset member majority. At the same time, Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid was...
Blinken, Lapid discuss US-Israel ties, efforts to expand normalization agreements
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his new Israeli counterpart Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday, discussing a range of issues from the U.S.-Israel relationship, Iran and a push for more normalization...
Israel unveils composition of new diplomatic-security cabinet
Three days after its inauguration, Israel’s new government on Wednesday approved the composition of its diplomatic-security cabinet. The government also approved the establishment of a ministerial committee on foreign service appointments.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett...
Comic relief from a serious Israeli drama
The sight on Sunday night of the trendy Tel Aviv set celebrating the new Israeli government with great fanfare—flags and all—was nothing short of hilarious. After all, one would have been hard-pressed to locate a single...
Bennett picks new political adviser, spokesperson and bureau chief of staff
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced appointments on Tuesday for his bureau chief of staff, spokesperson and political adviser.
Tal Gan-Zvi, who has been accompanying Bennett since his entry into national politics in 2012, is...
Netanyahu vows to topple Israel’s ‘dangerous’ new government
Israel’s opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to topple Israel’s new government “at the first opportunity.”
“We have a very strong opposition—53 MKs, united and steadfast to bring down this dangerous left-wing government, the...
Can a Bennett-Lapid government rise to the challenges facing the Jewish state?
A nervous Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett struggled for nearly an hour to deliver what was supposed to be a 10-minute address at one of the most contentious gatherings of Israel’s Knesset in modern history....
Naftali Bennett’s Knesset address
H.E. President Reuven Rivlin; President-elect Isaac Herzog; Mr. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; President of the Supreme Court, Justice Esther Hayut; Speaker of the Knesset Yariv Levin; my partner in forming the unity government, member...
Biden congratulates Bennett, agrees to work closely on regional security, Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday just hours after the Israeli leader was sworn into office.
Biden offered his “warm congratulations” to Bennett and “highlighted his decades of steadfast support...