Bennett’s visit takes Netanyahu by surprise
PLAYING HOOKY Naftali Bennett played hooky at a cabinet meeting to cozy up to Donald Trump’s Middle East advisors. What’s his game plan? (Photos: AFP/Imagebank)
B inyamin Netanyahu knew something was awry when he stared at an empty seat at his weekly Sunday morning cabinet meeting.
His education minister Naftali Bennett had taken an unexcused absence to fly to New York for what he hoped would be an impromptu meeting with Donald Trump. The subject of the meeting? Urging the incoming administration to bury the two-state solution.
Bennett didn’t meet the president-elect but did sit with three of Trump’s top unnamed Middle East advisors irking Netanyahu while positioning himself as the champion of Judea and Samaria.
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