Posted on 05/07/2026 6:32:31 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said his new alliance with opposition leader Yair Lapid will hold and enable the opposition bloc to form a long-lasting government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unveiling in a Wednesday interview with The Jerusalem Post his “Israeli Renaissance” plan to bring one million olim (new immigrants) to Israel over the next decade.
Bennett spoke to the Post after the recent announcement that his and Lapid’s parties, Yesh Atid and Bennett 2026, will merge into a single list named Together, led by Bennett.
The move to run together could reshape the direction of the elections, which are scheduled for no later than October.
“Lapid accepts my leadership. I will serve as prime minister, as a man of the Right, a man of the Land of Israel, a liberal. I will lead this government, and behind me there will be people from the Center and from the Right,” Bennett told the Post.
The alliance is said to unite the opposition bloc and boost its chances of unseating Netanyahu. It remains unclear how the opposition bloc will secure a majority without the Arab parties, with whom they have pledged not to form a government.
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Hopefully, the Israeli public won’t treat Bibi like the Brits treated Churchill. After all, he brought immense prosperity to Israel because of what he learned about free market economics here, he’s been very successful in the series of wars Israel has been in for the last 2 1/2 years, and he’s on the verge of some great treaties with several Arab countries.
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