Published: 29 April 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
As Yamina leader Naftali Bennett meets Arab party leader Abbas for the first time, Gutnick wants to pressure him to join Likud by shaming him over a possible coalition with the Left
New Bennett shaming campaign aims to build Netanyahu coalition (Jerusalem Post)
A new public campaign shaming Yamina leader Naftali Bennett began on Tuesday, in an effort to pressure him to join a government with Likud.
The campaign, under the banner “Bennett forming a government with the Left is shameful”, is funded by Australian mining magnate Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, whose “Netanyahu is good for the Jews” campaign helped him win the 1996 election.
“It is painful and hurts me to attack Bennett personally – It is very unfortunate,” Gutnick told The Jerusalem Post from Australia. “But the Land of Israel comes before individual personalities and ambitions. I tried all other routes and warned them. They left me with no choice.”
Bennett ready to rely on Abbas to form government (Jerusalem Post)
An MK in New Hope says there no longer remains any chance for Netanyahu to form a government
Bennett meets with Ra'am head in effort to form unity government (Ynet)
Despite promising before elections he will never form coalition backed by Islamist party, Yamina chief meets with Mansour Abbas at his office in the Knesset in an apparent bid to draft a plan to unseat Netanyahu
Bennett, Sa’ar meet to talk unity gov’t, as Shaked said hoping to thwart efforts (Times of Israel)
Major gaps still reported to remain between the opposing parties that would form a potential power-sharing coalition; PM’s deadline expiring in 6 days
Photo: Netanyahu speaks at a media conference alongside multi-millionaire Joseph Gutnick in Melbourne, August 2001 (Julian Smith/AAP)
