Bennett warns Israel faces ‘slow-motion suicide,’ calls for Netanyahu’s removal

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that Israel faces a serious threat to its future under the current government, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of political failures and calling for a change in leadership. Speaking at an election conference organized by Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynet on Monday, Bennett described Israel’s current political and social trajectory as a “slow-motion suicide mission,” warning that continued divisions could undermine the state’s long-term viability. Bennett focused particularly on the controversy surrounding military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews and government funding for institutions serving the community. He argued that exempting large sections of the ultra-Orthodox population from military service, while providing public funding to their institutions, placed an increasingly unequal burden on […]