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Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett, born in 1972, is an Israeli software entrepreneur and politician who was Prime Minister of Israel from June 2021 to June 2022.

Born
1972 (54 years), Haifa
Party
Bennett 2026
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Website
naftalibennett.co.il
Political position

Right · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: described as far-right and ultra-nationalist; calls himself more right-wing than Netanyahu
Ideology: nationalism, right-wing politics, Zionism

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He formerly led the Jewish Home and the New Right, and heads the Bennett 2026 party, allied with Yesh Atid in the Together alliance. He is a candidate for Prime Minister of Israel in the 2026 election.

Career

Bennett co-founded Cyota, sold in 2005, and was CEO of Soluto, sold in 2013. He was Netanyahu's chief of staff from 2006 to 2008 and director of the Yesha Council from 2010 to 2012. He led the Jewish Home from 2012 to 2018, then the New Right. He was Minister of Economy and Religious Services from 2013, Education from 2015 to 2019, and Defence from 2019 to 2020, Prime Minister in 2021 to 2022 and Alternate Prime Minister until November 2022. He registered Bennett 2026 in April 2025 and in April 2026 formed the Together alliance with Yesh Atid, with himself as leader.

Offices held
  1. Minister of Religious Services 2013–2015, 2022–2022
  2. Alternate Prime Minister of Israel 2022–2022
  3. Prime Minister of Israel 2021–2022
  4. Minister of Community Affairs 2021–2022
  5. Knesset member 2013–2019, 2019–2022
  6. Minister for National Digital Matters 2021–2021
  7. Minister of Defense of Israel 2019–2020
  8. Education Minister of Israel 2015–2019

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Wikipedia describes him as ultra-nationalist and far-right; he opposes a Palestinian state, supports annexing parts of the West Bank, and calls himself more right-wing than Netanyahu.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Israel after the election?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Gadi EizenkotCentre6647%
Benjamin NetanyahuRight7636%
Naftali BennettRight5410%
Avigdor LiebermanRight682%
Ofer Winter551%
Itamar Ben GvirFar right501%
Yossi Cohen65<1%
Yair LapidCentre62<1%
Yoaz HendelCentre-right51<1%
Yair GolanCentre-left64<1%
Ayelet ShakedRight50<1%
Amir OhanaRight50<1%

All 19 outcomes

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