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Israeli former Minister of Security, Naftali Bennett (EPA) Asharq Al-Awsat
Israeli former Security Minister Naftali Bennett is planning to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister after the Knesset elections on March 23, sources close to the Union of Right-Wing Parties revealed.
The sources indicated that Bennett wants to form a government that includes left and center blocs, but the plan depends on the right-wing parties winning the elections.
The right-wing camp includes Likud, religious parties Shas and United Torah Judaism, and the Zionist party al-Kahane, who seek to win more than 61 seats in alliance with Yamina.
If this is accomplished, Bennett will discuss chairing the cabinet with the opposing camp that includes other right-wing parties such as New Hope, Yisrael Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, Kahol Lavan, Labor party, and Meretz.
Bethlehem/PNN/ By: Madeeha Al-A’raj
The National Bureau for defending land and resisting settlements ( nbprs ) stated in its latest weekly report, that talks on new elections for the Israeli Knesset come in the midst of a health crisis that coincides with the start of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the occupation state, as Netanyahu faces charges of corruption, fraud, and breach of trust. The split among his party’s figures led by Gideon Sa’er, who leads the new party under the name ‘New Hope – Israel Unity’, as he presents himself as a competitor in the battle to win the votes of the extreme right and the voices of the settlers, who master the situation in the upcoming elections. The Israeli Minister of Settlement, Tzachi Hanegbi has declared his government will move forward with implementing the vision based on bringing more than a million Jews to settlements in the West Bank after the law was passed in the first reading at the Knesset on the legalization of outp