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Naftali Bennett

Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022 · Israel · Politicians · Born 1972 · age 54 · also United States

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He broke Netanyahu's grip on Israeli politics by assembling a coalition no one thought possible - eight fractious parties spanning hard right to Arab-Israeli - and held the prime minister's chair for exactly one year before the whole thing collapsed.

A life in dates

20267.6×2026 Israeli legislative election: a change of office on 26 April 2026.26 April 2026,

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See the moment2025“Instead of whining for the past 80 years and building your own future, you have focused on killing the Jews. It’s time the Palestinians stopped whining.”In their words11 April 2025Protesters, fire alarm disrupt former prime minister of Israel (April 11, 2025)

2022“The world order as we know it is changing. The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day. These are difficult, tragic times.”In their words24 February 2022Bennett refrains from condemning Russia in first remarks since invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022).

Alternate Prime Minister of IsraelOffice2021Time 100AwardMinister of Community AffairsOffice2021-2022Prime Minister of IsraelOffice2021-20222019Knesset memberOffice2019-20222016“The era of a Palestinian state is over.”In their words9 November 2016Donald Trump victory means ‘the era of a Palestinian state is over,’ Israeli minister says (November 9, 2016)

2015Education Minister of IsraelOffice2015-2019Knesset memberOffice2015-20192014“These are the decisions that take real leadership,” he continued. “That we will never agree to give up Jerusalem, a united city under Israeli sovereignty, and only Israeli.”In their wordsBennett: No to '67 Lines,' No to Split Jerusalem (January 7,2014)

2013“The land is ours”: that is pretty much the end of the debate. “I will do everything in my power, forever, to fight against a Palestinian state being founded in the Land of Israel.”In their words13 January 2013The Party Faithful (January 13, 2013)

Knesset memberOffice2013-2015Minister of Religious ServicesOffice2013-20152012“I will do everything in my power to prevent a Palestinian state.”In their wordsNaftali Bennett: I Will Do Everything in My Power to Prevent a Palestinian State (2012)

1972Born25 March 1972

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Minister of Education Naftali Bennett (right) with Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked (above center), Minister of Culture Miri Regev (left), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (below center)Minister of Education Naftali Bennett (right) with Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked (above center), Minister of Culture Miri Regev (left), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (below center)Bennett with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in February 2020Bennett with U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper in February 2020Bennett and his Cabinet with President Reuven Rivlin, June 2021Bennett and his Cabinet with President Reuven Rivlin, June 2021Bennett with US President Joe Biden, August 2021Bennett with US President Joe Biden, August 2021Bennett with Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 2021Bennett with Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 2021Bennett at the pre-election foreign-policy debate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 8 January 2013Bennett at the pre-election foreign-policy debate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 8 January 2013Bennett with President Rivlin, Michal Ansky, and Ofra Strauss at the Jasmine businesswomen's convention for promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises, Israel, 15 December 2014Bennett with President Rivlin, Michal Ansky, and Ofra Strauss at the Jasmine businesswomen's convention for promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises, Israel, 15 December 2014

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  1. Instead of whining for the past 80 years and building your own future, you have focused on killing the Jews. It’s time the Palestinians stopped whining.

    Apr 11, 2025, Protesters, fire alarm disrupt former prime minister of Israel (April 11, 2025), Own words

  2. Are you seriously keep on asking me about Palestinian civilians [sic]? What's wrong with you?

    Oct 2023, Sky News interview following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's subsequent military response (October 2023), Own words

  3. The world order as we know it is changing. The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day. These are difficult, tragic times.

    Feb 24, 2022, Bennett refrains from condemning Russia in first remarks since invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022)., Own words

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Spouse: Gilat Bennett

About this person

Born in Haifa in 1972 to American immigrants, Bennett served in elite IDF units before making two tech fortunes: Cyota sold for $145 million in 2005, Soluto for up to $130 million in 2013. He entered politics in 2006 as Netanyahu's chief of staff, later led the Yesha Council, and in 2012 took over The Jewish Home, a religious Zionist party that won 12 seats in 2013. He served as education minister and defense minister under Netanyahu, left to form the New Right in 2018, and led the Yamina alliance to 7 seats in 2021. That June he struck a rotation deal with Yair Lapid, becoming prime minister on 13 June 2021. The coalition unraveled a year later; Bennett announced dissolution in June 2022, handed power to Lapid in July, served briefly as alternate prime minister, then resigned in November. He stayed out of the next election and returned in 2025 with a new party, forming an alliance with Lapid called Together in 2026.

Country
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Category
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Type
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Status
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Dates
Born 1972 · age 54

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