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Naftali Bennett

Israeli PM Urges Citizens to Arm Themselves as Occupation Army Raids Jenin, Kill Palestinians
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged on Wednesday Israeli citizens to arm themselves following a shooting in Tel Aviv, the British Guardian newspaper reported. The Israeli prime minister,Naftali Bennett, calls […]

State of Emergency in Tel Aviv as Five Killed in Shooting Incident (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff At least five people have been killed in a shooting in eastern Tel Aviv, in the third such attack within days, Israeli and Arab media reported. The Lebanese Al Mayadeen […]

Israel’s Defense Minister Gantz Postpones Planned Visit to India
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has postponed a planned official visit to India, his office announced on Monday. The reason cited was the recent killing of two Israeli Border Police officers in the Naqab. However, […]

Settler Leaders Criticize Bennett for Saying ‘West Bank’ instead of ‘Judea and Samaria’
Israeli lawmakers and Jewish settler leaders have criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for using the term “West Bank” during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday, Isreali media reported. Speaking […]

US Secretary of State Blinken to Visit Palestine, Israel Next Week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority next week, Israeli media reported. Israeli newspaper Ynet News revealed that the visit comes amid fears of an escalation in […]

Israel Criticizes US Intention to Remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from ‘Terror List’
Israeli prime minister has criticized the US intention to remove Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from its list of foreign “terror organizations”, Israeli media reported. This move, said Naftali Bennett, would be “expensive”. According to […]

‘We Face the Same Threat’: Zelensky Says It’s Time for Israel to Back Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged Israel to abandon its neutrality over Russia’s military operation, saying the time had come for the Jewish state to firmly back his country, The New Arab reported. Zelensky, […]

Israel Turns against Abramovich: Billionaire Ordered to Remove Private Jet from Ben Gurion Airport
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli authorities prevented Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich from keeping his private jet in Ben-Gurion Airport, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday according to Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. Abramovich, who […]

In U-Turn, Ukraine Wants to Negotiate with Russia in Israel
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested on Saturday that future negotiations between his country and Russia could be held in Israel, Israeli newspaper The Times of Israel reported. Speaking at a […]

Ukrainian Official Exposes Israel’s Real Motive Behind Its Russia-Ukraine Mediation
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A Ukrainian government official on Friday strongly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s attempt to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. According to Haaretz, the Ukrainian official […]

Israeli PM Bennett in Moscow, Offers Mediation
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, Reuters news agency reported. Israel reportedly offered to mediate in the conflict between Russia and […]

Pro-Israel Zelensky Laments Bennett’s Lack of Support: ‘You Are Not Wrapped in Ukrainian Flag’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday expressed his disappointment at Israel’s response to his request for aid, according to Israeli media. According to the Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post, Zelensky […]

Report: US Demands that Israel Take Clear Position on Russia-Ukraine
The US has demanded that Israel take a clearer position on the Russian war in Ukraine, Israeli media outlets have reported. According to Israeli news website Walla, Washington is aware of Israel’s need to be […]

German’s Scholz Visits Israel amid Vienna Talks, Ukraine Crisis
By Palestine Chronicle Staff German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Israel on Wednesday, amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and Vienna talks, aimed at forging a new Iranian nuclear deal, AFP reported. This was Scholz’s first visit […]

Report: Putin Rejects Israel’s Offer to Mediate between Russia and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s offer to mediate in an effort to end the war on Ukraine, the Globes reported on Sunday. According to the Globes, Russian media reported […]

Israeli PM Says Iran May ‘Shortly’ Agree on New Nuclear Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Iran may “shortly” agree on a new nuclear deal with major powers but argued it will be “weaker” than the original 2015 agreement, The New Arab reported. […]

In First, Israeli PM Heads to Bahrain on ‘Exciting Event’ (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took off for a 24-hour visit to Bahrain on Monday evening, Israeli media reported. According to The Times of Israel, Bennett is set to meet […]

Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu’s Corruption has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’
By Ramzy Baroud Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption […]

Israel to Increase Funding to Counter BDS Movement
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said during his weekly cabinet on Sunday that his government will allocate “additional funding” to counter the activity of the Palestinian-led international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS), The New Arab […]

Following Abu Dhabi Attack, Israel Offers UAE Security, Intelligence Support
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered security and intelligence support to the United Arab Emirates, following an attack in Abu Dhabi in a letter released on Tuesday, news agency Reuters […]

Bennett: Israel May Be Forced into Confrontation with Lebanon, Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a closed meeting held on Monday morning that Israel might go into a military confrontation with Lebanon or Gaza soon, Ynet News reported. According to the Isreali newspaper, […]

Preparing for Iran Strike: Bennett Says Israel Undergoing Largest Rearmament in Years
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) on Monday that Israel is undergoing its largest rearmament in years, according to Israeli media. Bennett’s remarks come as the […]

Israel to Double Number of Illegal Jewish Settlers in Golan Heights (VIDEO)
The Israeli government unanimously approved on Sunday a NIS1 billion ($317m) plan to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the occupied Golan Heights, Israeli media reported. “This is our moment,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali […]

Naftali Bennet in UAE: Normalizing Genocide?
By Zubayr Alikhan This past Sunday, in the latest in a series of proliferating normalisation and relationship-building activities, the UAE welcomed Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett into the country. In a profound twist of fate, […]

Israeli PM Heads to UAE in First Official Visit since Normalization
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to meet the Gulf state’s de facto ruler in the highest-level visit since the countries formalized relations last year, Reuters reported. The […]

The ‘Subjugation Plan’: Smotrich Wants ‘Voluntary Transfer’ of Palestinians
By Yuval Joyce Shalev “I am not talking with you, anti-Zionists, terror-sympathizers, enemies. You’re here by mistake, because [Israel’s first Prime Minister David] Ben-Gurion didn’t finish the job and didn’t throw you out in 1948. […]

Bennett: No negotiations to Establish a ‘Terrorist State’ in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday denied that his government is or will carry out negotiations for the creation of a Palestinian state, referring to it as a “terrorist state”, according to Israeli media. […]

Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion
By Ramzy Baroud The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West Bank may give the impression that such a reaction […]

Gates and Bennett to Join Forces to Combat Climate Change (VIDEO)
By Romana Rubeo Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met American business magnate Bill Gates on the sidelines of the Glasgow Climate Summit COP26, Israeli media reported. According to The Times of Israel, “The pair […]

Jerusalem’s ‘Liveliest Parties’: Has Biden Proved Different from Trump on Palestine?
By Ramzy Baroud When Joe Biden was declared the winner in the US elections last November, expectations in Ramallah were high. A Biden Administration, compared to the brazenly pro-Israel Trump Administration, would surely be […]