Education Minister Naftali Bennett reneged on a promise to pull his Jewish Home party out of the government and force new elections if he is not made defense minister, keeping the coalition alive with a razor-thin majority.
Despite heaping withering criticism on the government’s defense policies, Bennett said he will back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the position of defense minister in an effort to improve Israel’s “deep security crisis.”
The announcement came after Netanyahu urged his partners on Sunday night to stay the course in the current government because Israel is in “one of our most complex periods in terms of security.”
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Who ever believed Bennett would stick to his word? He’s #1 wishy washy character with no strength or determination following the wind. One day he joins Lapid, the next with Chareidim, now he’s with Bibi.