Naftali Bennett Becomes New Israeli Prime Minister as Netanyahu Vows 'We Will Come Back'

Newsweak ^ | 6/13/21 | Jason Lemon

[Right_in_Virginia]

Odd you expect that...Bennett has a long time track record of being to the right of Bibi,and is dead set against ANY kind of “Palestinian state”

Bennett also served in the same military unit as Bibi -- albeit twenty years later. Bennett served longer and achieved the rank of Major.

Bennett has a law degree and is a self-made millionaire --- he's a capitalist by action and achievement, not by reading books.

He has a law degree and speaks English fluently. Bennett has one wife, four children and and he and his family live as conservative Jews.

Bennett has not waffled - he has always been against a two state solution and for annexation of the West Bank. His goal would be to accept 48,000 Palestinians as Israeli citizens --- a number that would preserve Israeli Jewishness and shield against accustions of apartheid.

The new administration will also focus on the forgotten Israelis --- which is pretty much everyone except Netanyahu.

He is a protege of Netanyahu and joined forces to end the chaos and lies from his former boss. And looking at what he and Lapid accomplished, I'd say Bennett is a better negotiator than Netanyahu.

We should be wishing this new government well. That proverbial "torch has been passed" to a new generation of Israelis. Solid, Israel-loving men and women who will be responsible for leading Israel through the 21st Century.

I agree with Gantz who told Netanayhu on Sunday: "Thank you for your contributions, we'll take it from here".

[BillyBoy]

It's interesting FReepers are all ridiculing Biden and Hillary claiming to be an agent of change and that their election would shake up the system when in reality they've been in power for decades and are about as status quo as it gets. The same is true of Netanyahu. He's been in power 35 years, 15 of them as the head of government. I thought FReepers were against "career politicians" who been sucking at the government is teat for decades? There's even a large segment on this forum that is perfectly fine with primarying model conservatives like Pat Roberts and Mike Enzi (both of which had much more solidly conservative records than Bibi) merely because it's "time for them to go" and make way for new blood.

. I actually like Bibi, I think he did a number of great things during his tenure, but he overstayed his welcome and he was really dragging down Likud towards the end with his insistence that he remain as the face of the party. He really should have put aside his ego after a decade as PM and handed over the reins to a protege. Being the longest serving PM in history was nothing to be ashamed of, but it seemed Bibi wanted to take it a step further, and have an FDR like legacy of holding the job for life,