Naftali Bennett
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) speaks to Mossad chief David Barnea at Mossad headquarters during a Rosh Hashanah toast on September 14, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
February 9, 2026, 8:34 am
In meeting days before Oct. 7, Netanyahu sought to maintain quiet with Hamas – report
PM told security chiefs not to proactively assassinate Hamas leaders, Oct. 1 meeting summary said to show; omitted mention of discussion from his response to comptroller’s probe of attack
By Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Cabinet with President Reuven Rivlin, June 2021 (Photo by Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
June 21, 2022, 2:19 pm
Israel headed to 5th elections since 2019 after leaders concede collapse of governing coalition
The situation reached crisis levels earlier this month when lawmakers failed to renew regulations extending Israeli law to Jewish settlers living in the West Bank.
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Naftali Bennett (Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2022, 1:26 pm
Bennett is playing the ‘primary’ role in mediating Russia-Ukraine talks, report says
Financial Times says Israeli prime minister is the key international broker between Moscow and Kyiv, as the two sides inch toward a ceasefire deal
By TOI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, meets with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Manama, Feb. 14, 2033. (Haim Zach, Israeli Government Press Office)
February 15, 2022, 1:56 pm
In a first for an Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett visits Bahrain
Bahrain and Israel have formalized commercial ties and have launched defense cooperation. As part of Bennett's visit, Israel said it would station a defense official in Manama.
By Ron Kampeas
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, pictured giving a speech when he was economy minister in 2014, holds his kippah to his head. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
June 18, 2021, 9:50 am
How Naftali Bennett’s kippah stays on his bald head and why it matters
The kippah is an important part of his identity as well as a symbolic shift for Israel
By Ben Sales
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