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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Fri May 28, 2021, 04:28 PM May 2021

Bennett Agrees to Form 'Change Government' In Israel

Bennett Agrees to Form ‘Change Government’ In Israel

May 28, 2021 at 4:01 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 37 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/28/bennett-agrees-to-form-change-government-in-israel/

"SNIP.....

Naftali Bennett agreed to forming a coalition government with Yair Lapid, the Jerusalem Post reports.

“The two sides agreed that Bennett will serve first as prime minister until September 2023, when Lapid will take over until November 2025… The swearing-in ceremony is expected to take place in 10 days, following an announcement of the new government either on Saturday night or Sunday.”

.....SNIP"

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Bennett Agrees to Form 'Change Government' In Israel (Original Post) applegrove May 2021 OP
Is Benjamin RottenYahoo out? lagomorph777 May 2021 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #2
THat's What I'm Wondering Me. May 2021 #5
Is he finally going to face his court dates and justice? hlthe2b May 2021 #6
Isn't Bennet more right wing then Netyanyahu USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #3
He claims to be except "but I don't use the tools of hate" hlthe2b May 2021 #7
A rare piece of good news Tom Rinaldo May 2021 #4
But something tells me USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #8
So I read a little about the key players USAFRetired_Liberal May 2021 #9

Response to lagomorph777 (Reply #1)

hlthe2b

(102,277 posts)
7. He claims to be except "but I don't use the tools of hate"
Fri May 28, 2021, 04:57 PM
May 2021

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-im-more-right-wing-than-bibi-but-i-dont-use-the-tools-of-hate/

In this Sunday, November 24, 2019 photo, then-defense minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights, on the Israeli-Syrian border. (Atef Safadi/Pool via AP, File)
My left-wing friends are not 1 gram less patriotic than I am
Bennett: I’m more right-wing than Bibi, but I don’t use the tools of hate
In a landmark interview, the likely election kingmaker sets out hawkish policies but an inclusive Jewish philosophy; assures voters: Israel thrived before Bibi, will soar after him

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
4. A rare piece of good news
Fri May 28, 2021, 04:40 PM
May 2021

Lapid (the leader of Labpr) said this according to the Jerusalem Post:

"Even if Yesh Atid had 40 seats, even if Netanyahu wasn't there, it would still be the government we need," Lapid wrote. "It's the government the people of Israel need and the State of Israel needs, we need it like air to breathe."

He said Israel needs a government in which Bennett and [Meretz leader] Nitzan Horovitz work together to improve the healthcare system, [New Hope chairman] Gideon Saar and Labor head Merav Michaeli work together to reduce social gaps and [secularist Yisrael Beytenu leader] Avigdor Liberman and [religious Zionist Blue and White minister] Chili Tropper find solutions together that allow Israel to be a Jewish state that respects the principle that religion cannot be coercive.

USAFRetired_Liberal

(4,167 posts)
8. But something tells me
Fri May 28, 2021, 05:10 PM
May 2021

That Lapid won’t take over in Sep 2023, the right wingers there seem just as untrustworthy as the ones here

USAFRetired_Liberal

(4,167 posts)
9. So I read a little about the key players
Fri May 28, 2021, 05:16 PM
May 2021

It seems like this is the equivalent of Ted Cruz making a deal with Joe Manchin to replace Trump, but Cruz gets to be President first and then Manchin in a couple of years

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