Naftali Bennett in an interview with i24NEWS: "A Palestinian state will not be established, I will continue to settle Judea and Samaria"

Yashar chairman and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett clarified in an interview with i24NEWS that he will not sit in a government with Netanyahu, criticized the government's policy toward Hamas and Qatar, and presented a tough security line including denying the establishment of a Palestinian state and continuing settlement in Judea and Samaria. Bennett said his political-security positions have hardened, but he has become more liberal on social issues, emphasizing his commitment to the "servers' revolution" and transferring budgets from non-serving populations to soldiers.

Three days before the elections, Yashar chairman and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett clarified in an interview with i24NEWS that he will not agree to sit in a government with Benjamin Netanyahu, and sharply criticized the government's policy toward Hamas. Bennett said: "Netanyahu must go home, he will not be in the government," and explained that Netanyahu bears direct personal responsibility for the October 7 massacre by choosing to empower Hamas for 14 years and transfer suitcases of dollars to them. Bennett rejected the claim that he "erased" Yair Lapid from the campaign, calling him an "excellent partner." He presented a tough security line: "A Palestinian state will not be established, I will continue to settle Judea and Samaria," and called for eliminating Hamas while removing Qatar from Gaza. Bennett said his political-security positions have hardened, but he has become more liberal on social issues, mentioning a change in his stance on LGBTQ rights. He focused the campaign on the issue of service, promising to transfer tens of billions of shekels from non-serving populations to soldiers and reservists. Bennett did not rule out Gadi Eisenkot as prime minister on behalf of the camp, saying: "Whatever the public decides, I will respect the decision."