Published: 1 February 2022
Last updated: 4 March 2024
In a string of interviews, PM tries to draw a line beneath the Netanyahu era and lay the ground for a different kind of right-wing politics
Bennett's media blitz reveals PM's post-Netanyahu strategy (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: In a string of interviews to weekend newspapers, the prime minister tried to draw a line beneath the Netanyahu era and lay the foundations for a different kind of right-wing politics in Israel
Bennett: I was the first world leader to warn the public of Omicron (Ynet)
In a sit-down interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, PM summarizes first seven months in power, touting his handling of Omicron wave and calling decision to form his rainbow-coalition government 'hardest and bravest decision I had to make in my life'
Settler violence, Netanyahu's trial and Covid: Haaretz interview with Prime Minister Bennett (Haaretz)
Bennett recalls Netanyahu threatening him in coalition talks. In Syria, Israel has 'significantly increased activity,' and on Iran, 'I’m not looking for a quarrel with the Americans for the sake of a quarrel'
PA slams Bennett for opposing Palestinian state (Jerusalem Post)
Says PM’s remarks to ‘Post’ expose his ‘extremist and anti-peace ideology’
Palestinian online campaign blames Hamas for Gaza misery (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas supporters claimed that the Palestinian Authority and Israel were behind the new campaign
