Tag: Naftali Bennett
Netanyahu slams Bennett for joining opposition: ‘Scam of the century’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply attacked Yamina Party chairman Naftali Bennett on Sunday, condemning the right-wing leader’s decision to join with opposition parties in forming a government.
Speaking at a Knesset press conference, Netanyahu accused Bennett...
Is Netanyahu responsible for this latest conflict?
As far as the many critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are concerned, there’s very little that goes wrong that can’t be attributed to what they consider to be his malevolent influence. Even...
Lapid and Bennett officially on the clock to end Netanyahu’s tenure
For the second time in a little more than a year, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government has passed to his political rivals. Unable to form a stable right-wing majority...
Israel’s president taps Yair Lapid, already promising unity, to form next government
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has announced that Yair Lapid will now receive the mandate to form the country’s next government.
Rivlin made the announcement in a televised statement from his official residence, saying that his “main consideration”...
‘Yes, we need change. But only the public will decide on its nature.’
Naftali Bennett made a huge bet at the start of Israel’s latest election campaign: Rather than take sides in the anti- vs. pro-Netanyahu battle, he decided to adopt a posture of indifference.
Bennett wholeheartedly believes...
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. The voters will determine which of the 13 parties polling near the electoral threshold will enter the 120-member...
Bennett nixes joining coalition led by Netanyahu or Lapid
Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett on Wednesday reiterated that he will not back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or join the center-left bloc of Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid after the March 23 elections.
With...
Naftali Bennett: Approving a Palestinian state would be Israel’s ‘biggest mistake’
Israeli Knesset Member Naftali Bennett has warned that approving a Palestinian state would be the “biggest mistake in Israel’s history.”
Bennett, a member of the New Right Party, made the remark during a Zionist Organization of...
Is a ‘New Right’ ascending in Israel?
A constant stream of political polls gives clues to the stability of Israel’s current unity government anchored by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and challenger Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party. The two opposing parties...
![[Former] Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett attends the launch of the Yamina Party campaign, on Feb. 12, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/F200212TN38-e1583655315336-880x495-1-324x235.jpg "MK Naftali Bennett: No guarantee of support for Netanyahu’s Likud in event of new elections")
MK Naftali Bennett: No guarantee of support for Netanyahu’s Likud in event of new...
Former Defense Minister and current Knesset member Naftali Bennett told Israel’s Channel 13 on Monday night that there was “absolutely” no guarantee that he would join a Likud-led government in the event of a new round...