THE CURRENT Issue 865 · June 16, 2021

Tall Tales

The U-Turns, broken promises, and outright lies on the way to Israel’s strangest government

Tall Tales

 

Naftali Bennett

The Promise

“I won’t give up on my values and I won’t form the same alliance that Netanyahu is trying to form with Mansour Abbas.” (Channel 12 Influencers’ conference, March 7)

Reality check

Mansour Abbas’s Islamist Ra’am party is now part of Bennett’s government.

 

The Promise

“I won’t be prime minister with ten seats. It’s undemocratic.” (Keshet 12 Channel, March 19)

Reality check

Bennett became prime minister with only six Knesset seats — three fewer than the Shas party has.

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