Naftali Bennett

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed an LGBTQ+ community event in Tel Aviv as part of the Be-яхад electoral list campaign, discussing his personal evolution and commitment to civil equality ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections.

Data released to the Movement for Freedom of Information shows state spending of 1.43 million shekels on PM grooming and representation since 2019, with Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu accounting for 90% of hair and makeup costs.

A new i24NEWS poll for the 26th Knesset elections shows Likud leading with 27 mandates, followed by Yashar! with 22 and the «Бе-яхад» list with 10. The governing coalition reaches 60 mandates.

A new poll reveals Ofer Winter's party crossing the electoral threshold with 4 mandates, bringing Netanyahu's bloc to 51 seats. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar! leads with 25 mandates.

An in-depth look at the candidate lists for the upcoming Knesset reveals surprising figures, including a socialist millionaire, Yigal Amir's relatives, Olympic athletes, and cultural icons.

Opposition leaders Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, Avigdor Lieberman, and Yair Golan demanded a state inquiry into October 7 following reports that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Yahya Sinwar's plans shortly before the massacre.

Yashar! candidate Matan Kahana defended Gadi Eisenkot's strategy of running independently rather than merging with Naftali Bennett, claiming a four-headed opposition bloc maximizes the chance to replace Benjamin Netanyahu. Kahana also pitched the party as the true home for National Religious voters.

A new book by Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval claims UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a planned Hamas attack ten days before October 7, which Netanyahu's office denies.

The award-winning Israeli podcast "Provocation," hosted by Yuval Katze, has ended after 12 viral episodes. Katze is also leaving the production company Beit HaPodium to launch a new project.

The Central Elections Committee has opened candidate registration for the 26th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's "Be-yahad" alliance was the first to register, requesting the historic ballot letter "Bet".

The submission of candidate lists for the Knesset elections began on Monday, signaling that Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot will run separately. Meanwhile, Likud postponed its vote on reserved spots amid internal disputes.

Foreign diplomats express hope for a political shift in Israel's upcoming elections. Egypt and Jordan prepare to return ambassadors if a moderate coalition forms, while European nations delay sanctions to avoid influencing the vote.

Israel's political parties face a Tuesday deadline to lock candidate lists for the 26th Knesset. Selection methods vary from democratic primaries in Likud to absolute rabbinical appointments in Shas.

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid launched their joint "Biyachad" electoral list in Tel Aviv. Bennett will head the slate, followed by Lapid, featuring a mix of veteran politicians, former senior officials, and military reservists.

Israeli political parties have begun registering candidate lists for the 26th Knesset elections. New alliances, including Naftali Bennett's Biyachad and Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar!, are competing for ballot letters.

Naftali Bennett defended his political record and faced heavy jeering at the Besheva conference. Bennett admitted to breaking past campaign promises, explaining that forming the 2021 coalition was vital to fund critical defense programs against Iran.

Biyachad leader Naftali Bennett revealed his party's candidates for the joint Knesset list with Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid, featuring former officials, military officers, and young activists.

As Knesset registration opens, Israeli parties launch a quiet battle over ballot letters. Established factions hold priority rights, leaving new lists racing to claim the best remaining symbols.

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will present their unified Knesset election list tonight. The second decade of candidates will feature an alternating structure between both factions.

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid has revealed his party's Knesset list following a merger with Naftali Bennett's Bihad. The alliance has triggered a wave of high-profile retirements among veteran lawmakers.

At a major democracy conference, Israeli political leaders clashed over plans to reform the police force and combat soaring homicide rates, with opposition figures demanding the dismissal of Itamar Ben Gvir.

Six non-fiction books lead this week's bestseller list, with three directly addressing the upcoming elections. "The Observers" continues to surprise, while "Conversations with God" makes a comeback after thirty years.

In a briefing to reporters, Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He stated that if his party comes to power, they will declare a state of diplomatic emergency to restore Israel's international status and strengthen ties with the US and Europe.

The former Knesset member and deputy minister is holding talks about joining the former prime minister's new party, ahead of a possible return of the founder of the 'Shulmanim' to the political system.

Former minister Meir Cohen, one of the party's veterans, announced that he will not run on the "Beichad" list of Bennett and Lapid for the next Knesset. He will be appointed chairman and president of the Yesh Atid conference.

The opposition camp is stepping up its efforts: Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett have made an urgent appeal to Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman. Here are the details of this surprising move.

Naftali Bennett supports a pardon and the end of the Netanyahu trial, but conditions it on his complete retirement from political life: "He is not a young man, I do not want to see him in an orange jumpsuit."

Lapid and Lieberman agreed to focus on responsibility for the October 7 massacre, the cost of living, the loss of governance, and Israel's international standing. The meeting took place with Bennett's knowledge, and in the background, coordination between him and Lieberman is strengthening ahead of the day after the elections. One possibility: a joint move that would require Eisenkot to waive the...

The Yachad party chairman addressed several issues at an event in Rishon LeZion, presenting a firm stance on Haredi conscription: "Zero exemptions." Bennett also called on Israel and the US to work to accelerate the fall of the Iranian regime and completely ruled out a Palestinian state in any configuration.

Naftali Bennett toured frontline communities in the north and presented a move to promote a dedicated law for the rehabilitation and development of the region, similar to the Tkuma Law in the south. According to him, the law will bind government ministries and include implementation mechanisms: "Not just another work plan that remains on paper."

Polls predicting only about 15 mandates for the Bennett-Lapid list are causing tension in Yesh Atid, where most of the incumbent MKs are expected to be left out. A post on the party's youth Instagram page, which was later deleted, hinted at which MKs might get realistic spots and which senior members were pushed out.

It seems that the chairman of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, has been absent recently from the Behad party campaign. The movement's chairman, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in an interview with 103FM radio, denies this categorically: "We are plowing the country, separately and together. We held two conferences in the last few days, and we continue to reach everywhere."

Naftali Bennett has added two field operations leaders, Zvi Plotnitsky and Tomer Weiner, to the "Behad" party's Knesset list. With their inclusion, the number of reservists on the list has reached eight.

Passengers on their way to the capital encountered severe riots and stone-throwing by the ultra-Orthodox public, while a central street was completely blocked to traffic, causing severe confrontations until the arrival of security forces.

MK Naama Lazimi of the Democrats party, a partner of Naftali Bennett in the bloc, defended Israel Airports Authority workers' committee chair Pinchas Idan following the strike at Ben-Gurion Airport, contradicting Bennett's condemnation.

Following the chaos at Ben Gurion Airport, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett stated that the state is not being managed in any field. Opposition leaders criticized the government for its lack of leadership.

The traditional Likud-right camp, numbering over a million people, is watching these days with horror and trepidation at what is happening before its eyes. A small group of right-wingers, adorning themselves with the title of "ideological-value-driven," are energetically drilling holes in the bloc's ship and working with open eyes to topple the right-wing government.

Israel's biggest problem is not its military capabilities, but the political stalemate. Israel is not a country that leads political moves; it is dragged along by them.

During the program "The Patriots" on Channel 14, Erel Segal harshly attacked former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, following a plan he presented regarding the future of the Gaza Strip, in which he proposed bringing Egypt into the picture instead of Turkey and Qatar.

In the video, Naftali Bennett mentions that soldiers have been fighting for months while Haredim evade service, accompanied by footage of troops. The Likud party claimed this constitutes the illegal use of IDF assets in election propaganda.

Naftali Bennett presented his "breaking concepts" platform, highlighting four erroneous security perceptions he intends to change. He called for defining Qatar as an enemy state, removing Turkey and Qatar from Gaza's post-war arrangements in favor of Egypt, and reversing the deterrence equation: any fire from Hezbollah will lead to Israeli strikes directly against Iran.

The former PM added Nissan Zeevi to his party, the "man of the North" who led the struggle to rehabilitate the confrontation line and founded "Lobby 1701": "Entering politics to be the voice of the North". In the Zionist Home party, they clarified firmly that they will not sit under Netanyahu, in Religious Zionism they attacked: "A gun to the temple and a return to divisive boycotts". Shas...

Israel has imposed a total ban on all defense exports to Qatar. The decision affects not only future deals but also contracts signed years ago. According to foreign reports, defense exports to Qatar are estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli was interviewed on the "Noon Journal" program on Channel 14 during the Likud primary election day. Chikli urged party members to exercise their democratic right to select a strong team for the upcoming general elections.

Classified documents from late 2021 show how Israel, while stopping cash suitcases, approved an alternative route for Egyptian fuel. Naftali Bennett responded to the accusations, highlighting the difference in policies.

The former Prime Minister arrived in the Gaza envelope and the Negev, stayed at the home of the Nahal Oz security officer, and pledged to fight arms smuggling: "We will confiscate illegal weapons and criminals will be punished as terrorists."

The chairman of the "Beyhad" party spent the night at Kibbutz Nahal Oz following observer warnings and made a statement in the town of Carmit. Bennett addressed the issue of illegal arms smuggling, estimating that half a million illegal weapons are in circulation, and demanded that the phenomenon be classified as a national security threat.

The former prime minister recalls the beginning of his journey and shares the financial difficulties that accompanied him, the meager sum he earned each month, and the dramatic change that made him a very wealthy man.

The Yashar party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, is rising not only in the polls but also in the volume of donations and guarantees. The party has so far raised 26 loan guarantees totaling 15.56 million shekels.

"Maariv" pollster, Dr. Menachem Lazar, analyzed the results of the latest mandate poll - five mandates are "burned" by parties that do not pass the electoral threshold, and the sector from which a major drama is expected.