Israel’s Bennett faces dilemma of his life - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mazal Mualem

Mazal Mualem

Apr 1, 2021

Naftali Bennett, leader of the Israeli right-wing Yamina ('New Right') party, addresses supporters at his party's campaign headquarters in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv early on March 24, 2021, after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years. — Naftali Bennett, leader of the Israeli right-wing Yamina party, addresses supporters at his party's campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv, after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years, Israel, early on March 24, 2021. — Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images

Will the chair of the right-wing Yamina party, Naftali Bennett, cross the lines to the anti-Netanyahu bloc in return for the role of prime minister?

This is the cruel and painful dilemma facing Bennett as he weighs it against a great temptation. If he joins opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he could find himself within weeks replacing Israel’s invincible prime minister for the past 12 years.

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