“to restore values to Israeli politics”
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Naftali Bennett
Naftali Bennett is an Israeli politician, businessman, and soldier who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022, and as the alternate prime minister from July to November 2022. Bennett has served as the head of Bennett 2026 since 2025; the party is allied with Yesh Atid as part of an alliance called Together. Bennett was the leader of the New Right party from 2018 to 2022, having p…
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business · Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022 · businessperson · politician · also Naftali Bennett, Naphtali Bennett, Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid Government (2021–2022), Bennett
Born 25 March 1972 · Q39318
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2026· 13 entries
“babbling about Israel and the Palestinians”
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“Naftali ... led many successful operations that led to the elimination of Hezbollah terrorists deep in enemy territory.”
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Published video “מי אמרה יוקר מחיה ולא קיבלה?”.
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Published video “אברך חרדי אמר לי שהוא סוחב את כולנו על הגב שלו. זה מה שקרה אחר כך:”.
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Published video “צריך לצאת מהקונספציה. מתוך אופירה אסייג, סרי ואוחנה”.
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Published video “בכל בוקר אני פוגש אותן בלשכת הגיוס. יש לנו עם של לביאות 💙🇮🇱”.
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Published video “הקניות שלכם בסופר לא חייבות להיות כל כך יקרות. העזרה בדרך!”.
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Published video “איך אומרים בסינית “החגיגה שלכם נגמרה”? ביחד נוריד את יוקר המחיה🇮🇱”.
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Published video “זכינו שקרן טרנר בנבחרת שלנו. בקרוב כל עם ישראל יזכה בה בהנהגת המדינה, ונתחיל לתקן ביחד מהיום הראשון”.
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Published video “מונופולים זה לא משחק. בקרוב נפרק אותם”.
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Published video “ההורים של סמ״ר אילי גמזו ז"ל הגיעו כדי לגייס את בנם הצעיר ליעם. אין עוד עם כזה בעולם ❤️🇮🇱”.
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Published video “ביקשתי בפרלמנט באשדוד: תגידו לי הכל בפנים, בלי צנזורה. זה מה שקרה”.
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A screenshot circulating on social media in April 2024 shows Joe Biden asleep during a press conference in 2021 with then-leader of Israel Naftali Bennett.” False.
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2022· 2 entries
Career landmark: Alternate Prime Minister of Israel (2022–2022).
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Career landmark: Minister of Religious Services (2022–2022).
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2021· 10 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Joe Biden fell asleep at a meeting with Israel PM Naftali Bennett.” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Biden fell asleep during meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “During a conversation with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, President Biden was caught on camera falling asleep.” fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “A video shows the U.S. President Joe Biden falling asleep during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, on Aug. 27, 2021.” False.
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Awarded Time 100 (2021).
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Career landmark: Minister for National Digital Matters (2021–2021).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (2021–2022).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2021–2022).
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Has become increasingly more critical of Likud and Benjamin Netanyahu because of democratic backsliding in Israel and incompetency in handling Israel's Gaza War
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Career landmark: Minister of Community Affairs (2021–2022).
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (2020–2021).
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2019· 4 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (2019–2020).
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Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Israel (2019–2020).
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Was called for September, the New Right formed an electoral alliance with the Jewish Home and National Union-Tkuma, named the United Right which was later renamed Yamina, and was led by Ayelet Shaked
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2019–2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (2018–2019).
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2016· 1 entry
“On the matter of the Land of Israel, we have to move from holding action to a decision. We have to mark the dream, and the dream is that Judea and Samaria will be part of the sovereign State of Israel. We have to act today, and we must give our lives. We can”
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2015· 4 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (2015–2018).
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Career landmark: Education Minister of Israel (2015–2019).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (2015–2015).
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With some benefits like tax breaks, to supporting inclusion initiatives and combatting extremism, to supporting theoretical civil rights but not committing to champion them in 2020
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2013· 6 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (2013–2015).
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Career landmark: Minister of Economy (2013–2015).
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“I already killed lots of Arabs in my life, and there is absolutely no problem with that.”
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“There is not going to be a Palestinian state within the tiny land of Israel [referring to the area from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea]. It”
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Career landmark: Minister of Religious Services (2013–2015).
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Bennett said that Palestinian terrorists should be shot, allegedly adding: "I already killed lots of Arabs in my life, and there is absolutely no problem with that
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2012· 3 entries
Career landmark: party leader (2012–2018).
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Bennett was elected as the party leader of The Jewish Home
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“If there's one thing that keeps me up at night, it's not Iran but the future of the Jews in America, and we have to fix this together. If we don't act urgently, we're going to be losing millions of Jews to assimilation.”
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2011· 2 entries
Stated that there were about 50 factories in the West Bank industrial region where Israelis and Palestinians work together and cited this as one workable approach to finding peace between the two sides
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Together with Ayelet Shaked, he co-founded the My Israel extra-parliamentary movement
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2009· 1 entry
At a time when he and partner Lior Golan were engaged in raising funds for myriad Israeli technology startup companies
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2006· 1 entry
As Chief of Staff for Benjamin Netanyahu until 2008
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2005· 1 entry
The company was sold to RSA Security for $145 million, making Bennett a multimillionaire
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2001· 1 entry
Studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bachelor of Laws (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
To oversee Cyota's corporate development, settling on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and lived there for four years
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1999· 4 entries
Career landmark: chief executive officer (1999).
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While he was a law student and reserve Maglan officer
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Co-founded and co-owned the US company Cyota
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Bennett co-founded Cyota, an anti-fraud software company, and became its CEO
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1976· 1 entry
When Bennett was four years old, the family moved to Montreal for two years as part of his father's job
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-03-25.
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1967· 1 entry
Volunteered for a few months at kibbutz Dafna, where they studied the Hebrew language, then settled in the Ahuza neighborhood of Haifa
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