Posted on 01/03/2026 7:45:58 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
US officials aligned with President Trump request weekly election surveys from Israeli contacts, focusing on top contenders and rising far-right figures; interest grows as Bennett reenters political arena and calls for inquiry into Oct. 7 failures.
Beyond simply collecting data, U.S. officials are also seeking clarification about the various candidates and parties, focusing primarily on those leading the polls — Netanyahu and Bennett — while also tracking the strength of the far-right bloc, particularly ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
Bennett, for his part, has reportedly begun formulating his post-election strategy, assembling a policy team that includes former education minister Shai Piron and former Knesset member Zvi Hauser to draft legislative and governance frameworks. Over the weekend, Bennett made his first appearance at a public protest, joining other opposition leaders in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to call for a state commission of inquiry into the failures surrounding the October 7 massacre.
(Excerpt) Read more at ynetnews.com ...
Witkoff and Kushner on one side, Rubio and Huckabee on the other: beneath the surface, the US administration is divided over who should be Israel's next prime minister.
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/02/netanyahu-or-bennett-the-quiet-battle-inside-the-white-house/
If there is a confrontation, I pray Bibi cleans that secular left jackass Bennett’s clock. Big time.
Your link goes nowhere.
I’ll take Bibi Netanyahu for a $1000 Alex. At the end of the day both Trump and Bibi have suffered through every dirty trick the dems and socialists worldwide has throw at them. Where did Bibi celebrate New Years Eve?
Israeli press delights in always forwarding rumors of administration rifts that might involve shading Bibi, their #1 target. but their batting average is el-stinko. and btw no date for elections set - 10 months to deadline.
Guess the hyperlink format to share within the main post doesn’t work. This one should:
https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/02/netanyahu-or-bennett-the-quiet-battle-inside-the-white-house/
Bibi is in trouble both legally and with the Israeli public without Trump helping to bail him out.
Naftali Bennett is no socialist, considered to the right even on some things. He’s the main rival.
For those who don’t follow Israeli politics, last time Bennet faced voters was 2021 when he got less than 7% of the vote and 7 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, and then he screwed his few voters:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/326166
...MK Amichai Chikli has officially been declared a defector from his party (Yamina) months after the government formed over his objections and despite his protests that in combining forces with left and extreme-left elements, party leader Naftali Bennett was betraying his voters and breaking key campaign promises.
Now Chikli has compiled a document detailing 98 promises broken by Bennett and Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked...
...3) On March 21, 2021, Bennett wrote on Facebook: “Bibi’s spins are total lies. These are my principles for the next government: Lapid will not be prime minister - I’m a right-wing man, as are most voters; the next government will be a right-wing government - and we have 80 right-wing seats, so there are lots of options; we’re going to establish a right-wing government that cares about Israeli citizens.”...
okay Bushie. Bennett came to temporary power with Biden in charge. Bennett’s background is in tech. Trump and Netanyahu are lock step in destroying Iran. 2026 will be an interesting year...
Let’s hope the better guy wins. I sincerely hope that this other guy isn’t some closet Marxist.
Bennett will benefit from winning a second time, this time with Trump at the helm in the US. Kushner and Witkoff — the people in Trump’s admin who are actually Jewish, with familial ties to Israel, who put their hearts & souls into the hostage release — are pro-Bennett.
Now let’s all watch as worldwide leftists do a 180 on Israel once Bibi is gone and replaced by someone much more to their liking — a self-loathing socialist type.
Bennett is not a socialist and is running as an independent.
He was Netanyahu’s chief of staff back in the day.
The Bushie types are for Netanyahu.
Netanyahu and Romney in fact remain close *personal* friends from their days in Boston together.
Kushner and Witkoff orchestrated the hostage release, Gaza deal, and even want to strike a deal with Putin in Russia w/ Ukraine. They are NOT Neo-cons. They want Naftali Bennett over Netanyahu.
Huckabee and Rubio are neo-con types and therefore lean Bibi. And not mentioned in articles above is Senator Lindsay Graham who probably won’t be satisfied unless there be a nuclear showdown with Iran. He of course is in this wing too.
Please get the lay of the land straight.
Dawn of Unity: A Vision for a Free Iran and Israel
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dawn-of-unity-a-vision-for-a-free-iran-and-israel/
I know the lay of the land better than you. Genius. The Biden admin pulled out every trick to get Bennet over the line in 21. Kushner and Witcoff are useful idiots right now but Israel will soon have settlements in Judea and Samaria and Gaza. Watch prophecy unfold as Israel moves to unwalled villages.
God will honor His Word without petulant interference from the infantile Rapture-ready “prophecy” club. A club that has no Biblical bearing, nor ancient Christian precedent, nor ancient following. It is an Ameri-centric, anti-Christ baby boomer aberration that has patronized the Jewish people and war-mongered America into bankruptcy and numerous lives lost and ruined. Spare me.
I am not sure if you go to church or read your bible but I encourage you to get into the the Word and take the whole counsel of the Lord. I particularly like Isaiah since he nailed the first time Jesus came in Isaiah chapter 53. Please explain to me this other chapter in Isaiah. it is in the Old Testament...
Isaiah 26:20-21.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,
and shut thy doors about thee:
hide thyself as it were for a little moment,
until the indignation be overpast.
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:
the earth also shall disclose her blood,
and shall no more cover her slain.
None of this justifies the blind Netanyahu worship on the part of some Americans, who then think they’re justfied in bossing or dismissing any Israeli or Jew who doesn’t toe the same line.
The cultic Rapture-Ready Left Behinder madness has done so damage to the witness of Christ, especially in the Middle East.
Anyways the Israelis will get to have their say come next year.
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