Naftali Bennett is a multi-millionaire high-tech entrepreneur who has made a name in politics with hard-core religious-national astronomy and who could become king after Israel’s election next week.
Bennett leads Yamina’s party, which has backed Israel’s proposal of parts of the West Bank, while Bennett himself has led fields to hard-core voters all his life.
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Naftali Bennett will address reporters before speaking at a conference organized by Besheva newspaper in Jerusalem on March 15, 2021
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As the former defense minister looks to return to government, he has gained management experience, arguing that he is the man to heal Israel’s pandemic economy.
Bennett had been part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition that collapsed in 2018. But he was not asked to join the Netanyahu-led unity government created in May, a move that was seen as a way on the personal contempt of the protagonist, despite his shared ideology. .
Bennett entered politics after selling his startup technology for $ 145 million in 2005 and the following year became head of staff to Netanyahu, who was then his opponent. It was highly regarded as a Netanyahu protein, but now it could play a part in ending the 12-year tenure of the prime minister.
Censuses point to another uncertain result in a March 23 vote, Israel’s fourth in two years.
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The banner of the election campaign of Naftali Bennett, the leader of the New Right party at the right wing, adorns a walkway in Jerusalem
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While it is not possible to predict the true turnout, a number of scenarios suggest that Yamina seats will be decisive in determining whether Netanyahu, or the anti-Netanyahu bloc, can be a major- part.
Bennett has said he could sit in government against Netanyahu, but has not refused to enter the prime minister, especially if that helps avoid a sad fifth election.
Formerly a special forces commander who will be 49 two days after the election, Bennett is the son of U.S.-born parents living with his wife Galit and four children in downtown Raanana.
After leaving Netanyahu’s office he became leader of the Yesha Council in 2010, which lobbies for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.
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PM Netanyahu, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting in December of 2019
(Photo: Ariel Harmon, Ministry of Defense)
He then took politics by storm in 2012 when he took over the hard-line Jewish home party, which opposed the abolition of parliament.
He quadrupled the parliamentary presence, making a series of encouraging remarks about the Palestinian conflict.
In 2013, he said “terrorists should be killed, not released.”
He also argued that the West Bank is not owned because “the state of Palestine has never been here”, and that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could only be resolved. of “shrapnel in the lumps”.
In addition to maintaining the protective care, Bennett has served as Netanyahu’s minister of economy and education.
He rebranded Jewish Home as Yamina (South) in 2018.
Against that and with last year’s pandemic coronavirus outbreak, Bennett downplayed his astronomy on the right to focus on health emergencies, dropping plans to contain the virus and support the economy.
He has sought to broaden his appeal, and in Israel’s troubled and divided political outlook, his outlook has been a prime minister in an anti-Netanyahu coalition.
“In the coming years we need to put aside politics and issues such as annexation or the state of Palestine, and focus on controlling the coronavirus pandemic, healing the economy and repairing internal movements,” he told radio. the army in November.