Naftali Bennett

Could any of Israel’s many coalition options succeed?

No leader wants responsibility for sending Israelis back to the polls, but fewer still want to break their word and face another election anyway

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot (Image: Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister and Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the Likud Party election-night event at the Teddy Hall, International Convention Center on October 28, 2026 in Jerusalem. (Image: Getty Images)

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Netanyahu bloc maintains lead in final election results but falls short of majority

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Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett stand together at the inaugural conference of Beyachad in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Israel election: What does Bennett and Lapid’s Beyachad stand for?

By John Jeffay

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Naftali Bennett attends the Herzliya conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya on July 1, 2026 (Flash90)

By Ashley Perry

Naftali Bennett: From political outsider to prime minister and back again

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US President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025 (Image: Getty Images)

By Yaakov Katz

Most in the West will not get it, but Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump plan is nothing to do with left or right

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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speak during a press conference announcing a joint list named Together, ahead of upcoming elections, in Herzliya, central Israel, on April 26, 2026 (Flash90)

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Bennett-Lapid party running majority female election slate as four new candidates added

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Israeli far-right slam Bennett over claim West Bank zones could remain under Palestinian control

The former prime minister also condemned illegal settlement activity, but backed the construction of communities permitted under Israeli law

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

June 23, 2026 15:16

Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference in the southern Israeli city of Ofakim, June 23, 2026 (Flash90)

Naftali Bennett brands Mamdani 'cowardly' over Israel Day Parade snub

The New York mayor was the first to miss the event since 1964

By Lianne Kolirin

1 min read

June 1, 2026 11:35

By Ashley Perry

Why Bennett’s rumoured UAE visit bothered Netanyahu so much

The prime minister has carefully cultivated the image of a domestic political heavyweight and a global statesman. His challenger’s strategy is to present himself as a viable alternative

4 min read

May 25, 2026 14:24

(L to R) Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former prime minister Naftali Bennett (Image: Getty Images)

By Natalie Lisbona

The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

The revelation of a secret visit by the Israeli PM to the UAE during the Iran war has set tongues wagging – but what really happened?

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The week that Benjamin Netanyahu became an international man of mystery

Bennett and Lapid join forces for upcoming elections

Two of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s leading rivals will unite under the banner of a new party, dubbed ‘Together’

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

April 27, 2026 14:29

Bennett condemns harassment of Arab-Israeli news anchor by right-wing activists

Lucy Aharish labelled the group, which has rallied outside her house three times this week, ‘Netanyahu’s goons’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

February 25, 2026 15:55

Israeli TV journalist Lucy Aharish on March 11, 2025 (Flash90)

Bennett files police complaint against Likud over ‘manipulated’ photo

The image shows the Blue and White chair, as well as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, celebrating with Arab party leaders, but neither was present at the meeting in question

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

January 27, 2026 13:14

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a march in Jerusalem supporting of the conscription of Charedim into the IDF on January 15, 2026 (Flash90)

By Yaakov Katz

Pardoning Netanyahu is wrong – and exactly what Israel needs right now

Ending the trial could help break Israel’s political deadlock and toxic polarisation, opening the way for a unity government finally able to confront the country’s real challenges

3 min read

December 1, 2025 15:23

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog (Image: Getty)

Israeli teen arrested over ‘spying for Iran’ on former PM Bennett named

The suspect, identified as Moshe Atias, 18, is alleged to have conducted ‘a large number of different missions’ for the regime, knowing they could harm state security.

By JC Reporter

1 min read

May 19, 2025 10:41

An Israeli teenager has been arrested on suspicion of spying on former prime minister Naftali Bennett, pictured (right) with incumbent PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Image: Getty)

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Naftali Bennett

Could any of Israel’s many coalition options succeed?

Netanyahu bloc maintains lead in final election results but falls short of majority

Israel election: What does Bennett and Lapid’s Beyachad stand for?

Naftali Bennett: From political outsider to prime minister and back again

Most in the West will not get it, but Netanyahu’s rejection of the Trump plan is nothing to do with left or right

Bennett-Lapid party running majority female election slate as four new candidates added

Bennett: Israel will label Qatar an ‘enemy state’ if I win elections

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