Bennett government shakes off Netanyahu’s shadow on foreign policy
The coalition government's foreign policy on Russia, Iran, the United States, Turkey and the Palestinians differs significantly from that of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
![Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II, Amman, Jordan, March 10, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-03/lapid-amman.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=3qPgKtfZ)
Ten months under Israel's new government have passed and we can state that the Bennett-Lapid coalition has emerged from the long shadow of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and conducting a different and independent foreign policy.
Israel’s foreign policy as of March 2022 is managed by two people — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid — with ostensibly opposite worldviews regarding the Palestinian dispute.