Tag: Naftali Bennett

The radical change in Netanyahu's strategy happened after President Rivlin said he would give the mandate to form a government to the candidate most likely to succeed.

According to some media outlets in Israel, the Lapid camp is ready to offer Bennett a rotation deal, according to which he would serve as prime minister for the first year.

He is suggesting that the only way to correct this borderline criminal neglect of crucial national issues, is to support the man who is most emphatically responsible for them.

Journalist Ben Caspit said "the scandalous leaks from Fuchs's direction that this is an evening of a dramatic decision is a form of vote-suppression."

In 2018, Bennett explained to reporters at a press conference in Tel Aviv—not Jerusalem—that Netanyahu’s contempt for religious Zionism had reached an intolerable peak.

Netanyahu used his final big interview to the National Religious press for an unrestrained trashing of the very people he hopes to lure into his next government.

This would be a good opportunity for Bennett and Sa'ar to forge a brotherly pact worth between 18 and 20 mandates.

The problem has to do with a gap of half a percent or one percent that could raise or lower several parties above and below the threshold – which is 3.25% of the overall vote.

Netanyahu continues to fail to cross the 30-seat mark, while Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid is also stuck, but with 20 seats, which is much better than the low teens it was getting in the fall.

In previous election campaigns, Netanyahu was able to put his opponents in the boxes that were most convenient to him. This time it's not catching on.

In westerns, it's known as a Mexican standoff, and by the end of the scene, all three gunmen lie dead in the empty street to the sound of a weepy melody.

Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive and attacks the ICC, the International Criminal Court in the Hague, or as Bennett calls it, the "International Circus of Clowns".

It is important to note that almost all the candidates emphasize the need for unity among the people and promise to form a government for all.

"The story of menorahs in every intersection on Chanukah and Chabad houses around the world is over."

Yaalon did not endorse anyone, despite the fact that an endorsement from him could boost any of the group of politicians united under the banner of “anyone but Bibi.”

Rest in peace, brave and kind friend.

With a little bit of luck, Bennett and Sa'ar could go a long way together.

In the end, Israel's parties may have new names, but the problem remains: a split down the middle between Netanyahu and those who want to see him gone.

Netanyahu has no path to 61 mandates and a majority recommendation to the president.

According to the polls, the next Knesset will have a larger presence of rightwing parties that oppose legalization.

Liberman offered a strategic platform which he believes all four parties can agree on – which remains to be seen.

Among Christian and Muslim Arabs only 35% said they would be vaccinated; and among Haredim and former Haredim, the number was even lower – 26%.

Former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett talks to the foreign press about Iran's nuclear weapon scientist.

Netanyahu is the old fox that keeps outfoxing all his enemies.

If Ganz, Lapid, and Liberman recommend Bennett, according to each of the 30 polls conducted so far, the Yamina chairman would have around 55 to 57 recommendations.

"Joe, we’ve had a long & warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel."

The rightwing bloc receives 66 seats altogether, with Shas winning 8 seats (it has 9 in the real Knesset) and UTJ 7 (same as now).

Blue&White leaders Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn support the dissolution of the Knesset and holding new elections soon.

Likud's decline is exploited by Yamina, which gets 21 seats while – lest we forget – it currently holds only 5 Knesset seats.

Every kippa wearer was accused of murder.