Bennett advances 1,800 new settler homes, says won’t give land to Arabs

The list of projects that were advanced include the approval of a master plan for 620 homes in the Eli settlement and a 2 million sq.m. industrial park off of Rt. 5 in the West Bank’s Samaria Region. TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 27, 2020 19:23 Defense Minister Naftali Bennett swore he would “not give one inch […]

Bennett: Israel preparing plan to fundamentally change situation in Gaza

IDF on alert following deadly strikes against PIJ in Gaza and Syria; roads, trains closed in the south By ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 24, 2020 10:34 Israel is “preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the Gaza Strip” Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said following a night of deadly retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian Islamic […]

Bennett: Over the past day we eliminated at least 6 terrorists

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett addressed at the Jerusalem Conference the rocket fire at southern communities and IDF attacks in Gaza and Syria. “Behind the security curtain, the prime minister and I have good work together, and together with our excellent chief of staff, we are preparing something for a fundamental change in the situation. I […]

Israeli Defense Minister Explains Tough Stance as Iron Dome Moved South After Escalation Following Gaza Border Incident

by Benjamin Kerstein Streaks of light are pictured as rockets are launched from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel, as seen from Sderot, Aug. 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen. Tensions along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip erupted on Sunday, with the Israeli Air Force striking the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group after […]

Bennett: We’ll keep bodies of Gaza terrorists like they kept our KIAs

Yoav Zitun Published: 02.23.20 , 13:11 Defense Minister Naftali Bennett backs the IDF seizure of the body of a Palestinian killed while placing a bomb at the Gaza border fence earlier Sunday.”I am sick of the hypocritical left-wing criticism of the ‘inhumanity’ of using a bulldozer to bring us the body of a terrorist who […]

Naftali Bennett: To stop Gaza terrorism, focus on Iran and Syria

“I will do everything to prevent a third Lebanon war, a 14th Protective Edge, to go to the source, to go to the same people who pay $1b. a year to Hezbollah” TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 20, 2020 19:29 As Israel granted a record number of travel permits to Gaza merchants after weeks of explosive balloons, […]

Israeli defense minister: ‘We won’t stop until Iran has been driven from Syria’

“For years on end, we have fought against the Iranian tentacles in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip, but we have not focused enough on weakening Iran itself. Now we are changing the paradigm,” affirms Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. Ariel Kahana (February 12, 2020 / Israel Hayom) Israel’s defense minister issued a stern warning […]

US agreed to fight Iran in Iraq while Israel fights it in Syria — Bennett

Defense minister expresses opposition to reliance on mainly bombing Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah, saying most convoys will get through anyway Nati YefetJudah Ari GrossToday, 11:08 am Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, left, meets with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. (US Department of Defense) Jerusalem and Washington have divided […]

ANALYSIS: Defense Minister Naftali Bennett changing the equation in war against Israel’s foes

Taking a page from President Trump’s book, Defense Minister Bennett applying maximal pressure to the PA to end its support for terrorism. Yochanan Visser, 09/02/20 Defense Minister Bennett Ariel Hermoni, Defense Ministry Since he became Israel’s Defense Minister at the end of 2019, Naftali Bennett has introduced a new doctrine against the Palestinian Authority and […]