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76-527: The Israeli Leadership Council (ILC) was founded in 2007 by Israel's Consul General, Ehud Danoch , and a group of Israeli and Israeli-American business leaders, including Adam Milstein and Shoham Nicolet . The first ILC event was held in July 2007, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel , with about 80 Israeli-American business leaders, featuring Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Danoch. The event

152-551: A rotation government with Yair Lapid , whereby Bennett would serve as Israel's prime minister until 2023, after which Lapid would assume the role until 2025. Bennett was sworn in on 13 June 2021. On 20 June 2022, following failures of the coalition to pass bills in the Knesset, Bennett announced he would call for a vote to dissolve the Knesset and step down as prime minister after the dissolution, to be succeeded by Lapid. On 29 June, he announced that he would not seek re-election to

228-605: A second election in 2019 was called for September, the New Right formed an electoral alliance with the Jewish Home and National Union-Tkuma , named the United Right which was later renamed Yamina , and was led by Ayelet Shaked. The list won seven seats in the election, and Bennett regained his Knesset seat. In November 2019, Bennett rejoined Netanyahu's government as Minister of Defense . After briefly dissolving,

304-615: A "pragmatist" and an "opportunist". He opposes the creation of a Palestinian state , and supports cutting taxes. In February 2012, Bennett published a plan to manage the Israeli–Palestinian conflict called "The Israel Stability Initiative." The plan was based in part on elements of earlier initiatives, such as "Peace on Earth" by Adi Mintz and the " Elon Peace Plan " by Binyamin Elon . It relied on statements of Netanyahu and Likud party ministers in favor of unilateral annexation of

380-407: A "surgical action" of separation to two states: "I have a friend who's got shrapnel in his rear end, and he's been told that it can be removed surgically, but it would leave him disabled ... . So he decided to live with it. There are situations where insisting on perfection can lead to more trouble than it's worth." Bennett's "Shrapnel in the butt" quickly became widely known as representing his view of

456-604: A $ 3.3 billion valuation after reaching a SPAC merger with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp in February 2021. From 2010 to 2012, Bennett served as the director of the Yesha Council . In April 2011, together with Ayelet Shaked , he co-founded My Israel , which claims to have 94,000 Israeli members. In April 2012, he founded a movement named Yisraelim ("Israelis"). The movement's main goals include increasing Zionism among centre-right supporters, increasing dialogue between

532-409: A deal with Pfizer to provide previously purchased vaccines before their intended delivery date to ensure the accessibility of the vaccine, and to provide additional vaccines in case a second booster shot becomes necessary. Following the variant's continued spread, a second booster shot and third overall shot was approved by the government on 1 August 2021 for all individuals aged 60 or older, which

608-453: A force of 67 Maglan soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, Bennett radioed for support after his unit came under mortar fire. The IDF launched an artillery barrage to cover his force, and the shelling hit a United Nations compound in which civilians were taking refuge, an incident that became known as the Qana massacre . A total of 106 Lebanese civilians were killed. The incident resulted in

684-638: A former Israeli Navy submarine officer and businessman based in the United Kingdom, and Daniel, an accountant for Zim Integrated Shipping Services . Bennett attended Yavne Yeshiva High School in Haifa and became a group leader ( madrich ) in the religious Zionist youth movement Bnei Akiva . Bennett was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1990. He served in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit, and after his regular service

760-745: A law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . During the Second Intifada , he participated in Operation Defensive Shield . He was called up as a reservist in the Maglan special forces unit during the 2006 Lebanon War and participated in a search and destroy mission behind enemy lines, operating against Hezbollah rocket launchers. One of Bennett's actions as a commando officer became highly controversial. During Operation Grapes of Wrath , while leading

836-507: A meeting coordinated with the United States, France , and Germany . The Kremlin stated that Bennett had offered to mediate between Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy . Bennett then flew on the same day to Germany to brief German chancellor Olaf Scholz , updated French President Macron by telephone, and spoke with Zelenskyy twice in the evening, but few details were disclosed publicly. According to Al Monitor ,

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912-563: A reported $ 100–130 million to the American company Asurion was finalized in October 2013. In June 2021, Forbes Israel reported that Bennett was expected to make $ 5 million from his investment in the American fintech company Payoneer . Bennett invested several hundred thousand dollars in the company before entering politics. Payoneer is set to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange with

988-558: A software entrepreneur. In 1999, he co-founded and co-owned the US company Cyota . The company was sold in 2005 for $ 145 million. He also was CEO of Soluto , an Israeli cloud computing service, sold in 2013 for a reported $ 100–130 million. Bennett entered politics in 2006, as Chief of Staff for Benjamin Netanyahu until 2008. From 2010 to 2012, he was the director of the Yesha Council . In 2011, together with Ayelet Shaked , he co-founded

1064-636: A third booster shot, and a fourth overall shot, was approved by the government for all individuals aged 60 or older. Cases grew at a steady pace through January and began to decrease, stabilizing again in March before continuing to fall. Israel ended its mask mandate in late April. King Mohammed VI of Morocco sent a special congratulatory letter to Prime Minister Bennett upon his taking office. Bennett responded that he would "work to reinforce Israeli-Moroccan relations in all areas". Israel and Morocco restored diplomatic relations on 10 December 2020, as part of

1140-709: A thousand cuts" or " lingchi ". On 27 September, Bennett addressed the general assembly of the United Nations in his first speech there. He talked about fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and combatting political polarization. In addition, Bennett denounced Iran 's alleged state-sponsored terrorism , which he argued brought harm not only to Israel but also to many countries in the Middle East . He warned of Iran's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons , stating that Israel would not allow it. On 12 December, he visited

1216-671: A threat. Adam Milstein Adam Milstein ( Hebrew : אדם מילשטיין ; born 1952) is an Israeli-American investor and philanthropist . He is a managing partner at Hager Pacific Properties. In 2000, Milstein and his wife Gila founded the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation . He is a co-founder of the Israeli-American Council , where he currently serves as chairman emeritus and board member. He

1292-410: A time when he and partner Lior Golan were engaged in raising funds for myriad Israeli technology startup companies. Soluto had hitherto raised $ 20 million from investors, including venture capital funds Giza Venture Capital, Proxima Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners , Index Ventures , Michael Arrington 's CrunchFund, and Eric Schmidt 's Innovation Endeavors and Initial Capital. The sale of Soluto for

1368-616: A wave of international condemnation, and the subsequent diplomatic pressure caused Israel to end Operation Grapes of Wrath sooner than planned. Journalist Yigal Sarna, writing in Israeli national tabloid Yedioth Ahronoth , argued that Bennett displayed "poor judgement" during the operation. Sarna wrote that "Bennett led a force of 67 combat troops into Lebanon. At a certain point, he decided to ignore orders and change operational plans, without coordinating these moves with his superiors, who in his mind were cowardly, and not steadfast enough. Near

1444-528: The 2021 Knesset election in March. On 9 May 2021, it was reported that Bennett and Leader of the Opposition and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid had made major headway in coalition talks for forming a new Israeli government which would oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . On 30 May, Bennett announced that he would be prime minister in a rotation government until August 2023, at which point Lapid would take over as prime minister until 2025. Bennett

1520-528: The COVID-19 pandemic in Israel had somewhat subsided, with a low national infection rate and with 55% of the Israeli population having received two or more COVID-19 vaccines . Within ten days of his assumption of office, Israel underwent an outbreak of the Delta variant . In response, Bennett encouraged renewed social distancing , and the vaccination of all children aged twelve and above. In addition, he reached

1596-620: The Hebrew language , then settled in the Ahuza neighborhood of Haifa. Jim Bennett found a job in the Technion , working for its fundraising team, and became a successful real estate broker and real estate entrepreneur. Myrna Bennett was the deputy director general of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel 's northern region. In the summer of 1973, when Bennett was one year old,

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1672-763: The Israel–Morocco normalization agreement involving the United States, which at the same time recognized Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara . In August 2021, the two parties agreed to enter formal diplomatic relations, and to open embassies in Tel Aviv and Marrakesh respectively. That month, Bennett made his first visit to the United States, where he met Secretary of State Antony Blinken , Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin , and AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr. He subsequently met President Joe Biden on 27 August 2021. In this meeting, Bennett described Israel's strategy against Iran as "a death by

1748-598: The My Israel extra-parliamentary movement. In 2012 , Bennett was elected as the party leader of The Jewish Home . In the 2013 Knesset election , the first contested by The Jewish Home under Bennett's leadership, the party won 12 seats in the Knesset . He served under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Minister of Economy and Religious Services from 2013 to 2015, before being appointed Minister of Education in 2015. In December 2018, Bennett left The Jewish Home to form

1824-763: The New Right party. After he lost his Knesset seat in the April 2019 Knesset election , he was dismissed by Netanyahu as Education Minister in June 2019. He regained his seat in the September 2019 Knesset election , representing the New Right (now a member of the Yamina alliance), and was appointed Minister of Defense , before leaving the position the following year. In the 2021 Knesset election , Yamina under Bennett's leadership won 7 seats. On 2 June 2021, Bennett agreed to

1900-527: The Norwegian Law , which allowed ministers to resign their seats when in the cabinet but return to the Knesset if they leave the government. He returned to the Knesset on 6 December after Avi Wortzman opted to vacate his seat, having temporarily had to resign as a minister in order to do so. Following Avigdor Lieberman 's resignation as Defense Minister in November 2018, Bennett announced that he

1976-537: The Spinka Hasidic sect. Milstein served three months in prison, 600 hours of community service, and paid a $ 30,000 fine. In undercover footage from " The Lobby USA ," Eric Gallagher admitted to an undercover reporter that Adam Milstein founded and funds the Canary Mission . However, Gallagher reportedly "told Milstein that Al Jazeera had selectively edited his quote to make it appear that he

2052-656: The United Arab Emirates in the first visit of the country by an Israeli Prime Minister, meeting with then crown prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi , Mohamed bin Zayed . On 14 February 2022 he visited Manama , marking the first time an Israeli Prime Minister officially visited Bahrain . On 5 March 2022, Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in order to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine in

2128-663: The board of directors of Israeli Tech company Quantom Source in May 2023. In September 2024, a report from Hevrat HaHadashot indicated that he would return to politics. A report by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation from later that month confirmed that he plans to return to politics. Defunct Defunct Bennett's positions have been described as " ultra-nationalist ", and Bennett describes himself, and has been described, as "more right wing" than Netanyahu . He had also been labeled

2204-581: The 3rd Alternate Prime Minister of Israel from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Bennett was the leader of the New Right party from 2018 to 2022, having previously led The Jewish Home party between 2012 and 2018. The son of immigrants from the United States, Bennett was born and raised in Haifa . Bennett served in the Sayeret Matkal and Maglan special forces units of the Israel Defense Forces , commanding many combat operations, and subsequently became

2280-858: The Celebrate Israel Festival to celebrate Israel's Independence Day . In 2013, the ILC rebranded as the Israeli-American Council. Funded by Miriam and Sheldon Adelson, the organization launched an expansion plan to create regional councils across the United States. By summer 2014, the IAC had a staff of 60 people, an annual budget of $ 17.5 million and six regional offices. By 2014, IAC Merkaz and IAC Shishi Israel were established, as were regional chapters in Boston, Florida, Las Vegas, and New York. In October 2014, Adam Milstein became

2356-511: The Chairman of the IAC, and Shoham Nicolet returned as the organization's CEO. IAC has established several regional chapters since 2015. Those years also saw the launch of IAC Manhigut, IAC Act, and IAC Eitanim. By the end of 2018, IAC has 20 regional offices and more than 58 active communities. Leadership National officers: Major funders of IAC are billionaire and pro-Israel philanthropist Sheldon Adelson , who has contributed millions to

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2432-684: The Founding Executive Director. They set the organization's "three pillars" of engagement: to strengthen future generations of Israeli-Americans, the American Jewish community and the State of Israel. By 2008, ILC began receiving support from Beny Alagem, Leo David and Haim Saban. It held its first major event, "Live for Sderot", a celebrity gala with 1,800 attendees. The two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain , both sent videos expressing their support for

2508-469: The Holocaust . Bennett's parents were raised in non-Orthodox Jewish homes and were progressive activists during the 1960s. His father was arrested while taking part in an anti-racism sit-in protest in 1964. They later began to observe Modern Orthodox Judaism and embraced right-wing Israeli politics. After moving to Israel in 1967, they volunteered for a few months at kibbutz Dafna , where they studied

2584-781: The Israeli Knesset Yuli Edelstein , Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked , and Israeli-American businessmen such as Marius Nacht and Maya Prosor . U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at IAC's sixth national conference in December 2019. He claimed that some Jews "don't love Israel enough" and, addressing the audience of 4,000 Jews: "You’re not going to vote for the wealth tax. Let’s take 100 percent of your wealth away. No, no. Even if you don’t like me – and some of you don’t, some of you I don’t like at all actually – and you’re going to be my biggest supporters because you’ll be out of business in about 15 minutes." While

2660-503: The Israeli-American Council (IAC). In 2000, Milstein and his wife Gila founded the Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation (MFF). The organization sponsors education of students and young professionals to identify with their Jewish roots, and gain knowledge to advocate for the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Milstein is a co-founder of the Israeli-American Council. In 2015, he

2736-660: The Jerusalem Affairs portfolio for himself. He later appointed Ze'ev Elkin to the role of Jerusalem Affairs Minister. As Minister of Education, Bennett issued an official order prohibiting school principals from inviting members of Breaking the Silence and other organizations that denounce Israel's military conduct in the West Bank . In October 2015, Bennett resigned from the Knesset in order to allow Shuli Mualem to take his seat. His resignation took place under

2812-731: The Jewish Homeland — Then, Now, Tomorrow (2018). The section on Milstein presents his "vision of Israeliness to invigorate Zionism and Jewish identity—in Israel and abroad." In 2019, Milstein withdrew from speaking at that year's AIPAC conference, after he made tweets seeking to connect Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to the Muslim Brotherhood . Milstein and his wife Gila live in Encino , California. They have three daughters and three grandchildren. In 2009, Milstein pleaded guilty to tax evasion involving his donations to

2888-898: The Netherlands. Bennett's paternal great-great-great-grandfather Julius Salomonson was from Łobżenica , Poland, and arrived in San Francisco in 1851 during the California Gold Rush . His mother's ancestors lived in Russia and Poland, and her parents immigrated to the United States prior to World War II . They later moved to Israel, joining their daughter's family there, and settled on Vitkin Street in Haifa, close to where Bennett and his brothers grew up. Some of his mother's family members who remained in Poland were murdered in

2964-571: The Palestinian problem. In response to Israel's release of Palestinian prisoners in 2013, Bennett said that Palestinian terrorists should be shot, allegedly adding: "I already killed lots of Arabs in my life, and there is absolutely no problem with that." Bennett was widely condemned for these words, although he denied saying them, claiming he said merely that "terrorists should be killed if they pose an immediate life threat to our soldiers when in action." In January 2013, Bennett said: "There

3040-546: The United States. Milstein strongly opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, and has had several op-ed pieces published on this subject. Milstein and his wife Gila are co-founders of Sifriyat Pijama B'America, which provides free monthly books in Hebrew to Israeli-Jewish American families in the United States. In 2016, they started "The Impact Forum," an initiative which “fights antisemitism, strengthens

3116-702: The West Bank . Bennett opposed the creation of a Palestinian state , saying: "I will do everything in my power to make sure they never get a state." In January 2013, Bennett suggested a tripartition of the Palestinian territories , whereby Israel would unilaterally annex Area C , authority over the Gaza Strip would be transferred to Egypt , and Area A and Area B would remain with the Palestinian National Authority , but under

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3192-462: The West Bank, or the connection between the Hamas -controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In 2011, he stated that there were about 50 factories in the West Bank industrial region where Israelis and Palestinians work together and cited this as one workable approach to finding peace between the two sides. In June 2013, Bennett suggested that Israel must learn to live with the Palestinian problem without

3268-588: The Yamina alliance was reunified in January 2020 ahead of the 2020 Knesset election , with Bennett succeeding Ayelet Shaked as the new leader of the alliance. Yamina won six seats in that election. In May 2020, with negotiations to form a new government between Netanyahu and Benny Gantz , leader of the centrist Blue and White alliance , Yamina announced that it would go into the opposition, ending Bennett's tenure as Defense Minister. The day before, Rafi Peretz ,

3344-550: The archives. My military file is available for viewing, and it's waiting for you." Former members of Bennett's unit wrote a letter defending him, saying: "Naftali ... led many successful operations that led to the elimination of Hezbollah terrorists deep in enemy territory." Other officers involved in the operation, including one who was Bennett's deputy during the Qana incident, also denied that he had changed plans without consulting his superiors. In October 2023, immediately following

3420-524: The audience cheered, some commentators claimed Trump's remarks were antisemitic. The Israeli-American Coalition for Action (IAC for Action, formerly the Israeli-American Nexus), founded in 2016, is the lobbying arm of IAC. Its focus issues include supporting economic collaboration between the United States and Israel, lobbying for anti-BDS laws to force government contractors to promise not to boycott Israel, and Iran which Israel sees as

3496-726: The chamber in the next election that have been scheduled for later in the year. Lapid succeeded him as prime minister on 1 July 2022, while Bennett succeeded Lapid as the Alternate Prime Minister. He announced his resignation as alternative prime minister on 6 November, which became effective on 8 November. Bennett was born in Haifa , Israel, on 25 March 1972. He is the youngest of three sons born to Jim and Myrna (née Lefko) Bennett, American-Jewish immigrants who moved to Israel from San Francisco in July 1967. Both his parents were from Ashkenazi Jewish backgrounds. His father's ancestors were from Poland, Germany, and

3572-401: The coalition were holding it hostage. Several days later, on 20 June, Bennett and Lapid announced the introduction of a bill to dissolve the Knesset in a joint statement, stating that Lapid would become the interim prime minister following the dissolution. The Knesset was dissolved on the night of 30 June, ending Bennett's term as prime minister. At the time of Bennett's assumption of office,

3648-442: The company was sold to RSA Security for $ 145 million, making Bennett a multimillionaire. A stipulation of the deal allowed the Israeli arm of Cyota to remain intact. As of 2013, 400 Israelis were employed at the company's Israeli offices in Beersheba and Herzliya . Bennett was the CEO of Soluto , a technology company providing cloud-based service that enables remote support for personal computers and mobile devices in 2009, at

3724-517: The conference was held in Washington, D.C. Among the speakers were U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley , Israel's UN Representative Danny Danon , Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett , Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely , and Member of Knesset Merav Michaeli . The fifth IAC National Conference in 2018 was held in Florida with over 3,100 attendees. Speakers included Vice President Mike Pence , Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of

3800-401: The end of his term, Bennett became the Alternate Prime Minister of Israel on 30 June. On 29 June 2022, Bennett announced that he would not run in the next election , and retire from politics at the end of his term as Alternate Prime Minister. Following the election, Bennett resigned from his position on 6 November, with his term ending two days later. Following his retirement, Bennett joined

3876-435: The event. The ILC held its first annual gala dinner in 2009, attended by hundreds of Israeli-Americans. In 2011, ILC began funding Sifriyat Pijama B-America, a Hebrew language version of PJ Library . PJ Library is a nonprofit which sends children's book to Jewish families. The program was cancelled in 2016. Sagi Balasha became ILC's first CEO in September 2011. ILC Care was launched in November. In April 2012, ILC launched

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3952-464: The family moved to the United States. In 1983, Milstein received an MBA from the University of Southern California . He started working in commercial real estate as a sales agent. Milstein is a managing partner of Hager Pacific Properties, overseeing the firm's financing, disposition and accounting. The firm specializes in acquiring, rehabilitating and repositioning industrial, retail, office and multi-family properties. In 2007, Milstein co-founded

4028-483: The family returned to San Francisco at the urging of his mother. With the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, Jim Bennett returned to Israel to fight in the Israel Defense Forces , serving in an artillery unit on the Golan Heights front. Following the war, the rest of the family returned to Israel at his request as he was held in reserve duty for months after the war. Bennett's parents ultimately decided to stay permanently in Israel. In 1976, when Bennett

4104-413: The government's formation in June 2021, it held 61 seats in the Knesset ; all these members of the Knesset (MK) came from coalition parties excluding Yamina's Amichai Chikli . On 6 April 2022, Yamina MK Idit Silman , resigned from the coalition, causing the governing coalition to lose its majority in the Knesset. On 13 June, Yamina MK Nir Orbach left the coalition, arguing that left-wing members of

4180-469: The leader of The Jewish Home , had split from the alliance, and would be named as the Minister of Jerusalem in the thirty-fifth government of Israel . On 17 May, Bennett met with Gantz, who also succeeded him as Defense Minister, and declared that Yamina was now a "head held high" member of the opposition. Tkuma, which rebranded as the Religious Zionist Party on 7 January 2021, split from Yamina on 20 January. In spite of this, Yamina won seven seats in

4256-551: The meetings were instigated by Scholz who made a lightning visit to Israel on 3 March and held a long one-on-one meeting, which resulted in the mediation idea. Natan Sharansky , former head of the Jewish Agency for Israel , criticised Bennett, saying he was afraid to call out Putin by name for war crimes, and said Israel should provide defensive arms to Ukraine. Bennett later faced criticism for putting himself forward as neutral mediator amid global condemnation of Putin, while refusing requests from Ukraine for military equipment. Upon

4332-464: The organization, and Haim Saban . Republican Adelson and Democrat Saban had appeared together to demonstrate that their efforts for Israel were bipartisan, but from 2015 Saban reduced his support over political differences. In 2014, IAC began hosting annual national conferences, featuring American and Israeli politicians and business leaders. The conference has grown to become one of the largest Israel-related annual events. The first national conference

4408-481: The rank of major. During the time that Bennett was living in the United States and building his career as a software entrepreneur, he repeatedly traveled to Israel to do reserve duty. Bennett served during the First Intifada and in the Israeli security zone in Lebanon during the 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict . He commanded many operations. Among other missions, he served as an officer in Operation Grapes of Wrath . After his regular IDF service, Bennett received

4484-402: The religious and secular communities, and promoting "The Israel Stability Initiative." Bennett was elected the leader of The Jewish Home party in 2012 . He was reelected as the party's leader in 2015 and 2017 . Following his election to the Knesset , and before he could take his seat, Bennett had to renounce his U.S. citizenship , which he held as the son of American parents. He

4560-788: The security umbrella of the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet to "ensure quiet, suppress Palestinian terrorism, and prevent Hamas from taking over the territory." Area C constituted 62% of the area, and approximately 365,000 people lived in Israeli settlements . Palestinians who lived in this area would be offered Israeli citizenship or permanent residency status (between 48,000, according to Bennett, and 150,000, according to other surveys). Finally, Israel would invest in creating roads so Palestinians could travel between Areas A and B without checkpoints, and invest in infrastructure and joint industrial zones, because "[p]eace grows from below – through people, and people in daily life." Bennett also resisted immigration of Palestinian refugees now living outside

4636-433: The start of the Israel-Hamas war , Bennett enlisted to do reserve duty, serving in the emergency storage unit of the IDF's Technological and Logistics Directorate . In 1999, Bennett co-founded Cyota , an anti-fraud software company, and became its CEO. He moved to New York City in 2000 to oversee Cyota's corporate development, settling on the Upper East Side of Manhattan , and lived there for four years. In 2005,

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4712-416: The state of Israel, and protects American democracy.” In 2016, The Jerusalem Post selected Milstein for its list of the world's 50 most influential Jews. In 2015 and 2016, Algemeiner Journal named Milstein to its list, "The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life." Gil Troy identifies Milstein as a contemporary leader of cultural Zionism in his book The Zionist Ideas; Visions for

4788-448: The time of the Roman siege on Jerusalem , the nation was divided, each group entrenched itself in its own position, and burned the food stores of the others, as part of the internal power struggle, so the Romans had a much easier task. The bitter end we all know, and until today every year on this date we mourn the awful destruction which a people with a little more baseless love, restraint, and listening, could have saved us from." Upon

4864-446: The village of Kfar Kana, Bennett's troops were caught in an ambush." Citing a "senior army figure", journalist Raviv Drucker said that Bennett's radio call for support after his unit came under fire was "hysterical" and contributed to the loss of life which occurred. Bennett responded: "I have now been subjected to an attack claiming that I am 'responsible for the massacre in Kfar Kana.' Heroism will not be investigated. Keep looking in

4940-612: Was Chairman of the Board of IAC from 2015 to 2019. Milstein was born in Haifa , Israel , the eldest child of Eva (née Temkin), a homemaker, and Hillel Milstein, a real estate developer. In 1971, Milstein was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces and served during the 1973 Yom Kippur War . Afterwards he enrolled in the Technion , where he graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business and economics. While in college, he worked with his father to expand their real estate construction and development business. In 1974, Milstein married Gila Elgrably in Haifa. In 1981,

5016-421: Was among the Jewish Home MKs to leave the party and form the breakaway New Right party. In the April 2019 Knesset election , New Right narrowly failed to cross the electoral threshold; as a result, Bennett did not gain a seat in the 21st Knesset. In June 2019, he left the government after Netanyahu dismissed Bennett from his positions as Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister. After the Knesset dissolved and

5092-441: Was appointed Minister of Economy and Minister of Religious Services in March 2013. In April 2013, he was also appointed Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs . After being reelected in the 2015 Knesset election , Bennett was appointed Minister of Education and retained the Diaspora Affairs portfolio in the new government . In May 2015, Netanyahu split the Ministry of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, initially taking back

5168-400: Was expanded on 29 August to all adults. Israel experienced a surge in COVID cases beginning in late November 2021. By December, the first cases of the Omicron variant were being reported in the country, the government responded by restricting air travel to the country and encouraging the vaccination of children and teenagers. On 2 January 2022, following an additional surge in late December,

5244-450: Was four years old, the family moved to Montreal for two years as part of his father's job. Upon returning to Haifa, Bennett began attending Carmel elementary school. When he was in second grade, the family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey for two years, again as part of his father's job. While living in New Jersey, Bennett attended Yavneh Academy . The family returned to Haifa when Bennett was ten. Bennett has two brothers; they are Asher,

5320-487: Was held in November in Washington, D.C., and drew over 750 participants and speakers. During an on-stage discussion about the Palestinian issue between IAC's two megadonors, Saban and Adelson, the former insisted on the two-state solution to keep Israel both Democratic and Jewish. Adelson, in response, quipped "Israel isn’t going to be a democratic state – so what?" A year, it was reported that Saban has ended his involvement in IAC, allegedly over political differences. In 2017,

5396-496: Was named chairman of the group. Milstein also sits on the boards of StandWithUs , Hasbara Fellowships , and PragerU . He previously served on the boards of Israel on Campus Coalition , Jewish Funders Network , and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) National Council. In June 2015, Milstein joined with Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban to organize the inaugural Campus Maccabees summit , which opposes anti-Semitic groups and activities on college campuses in

5472-402: Was organized by Danny Alpert , Adam Milstein, Eli Tene , Steve Erdman , Naty Saidoff , Eli Marmour , and Shoham Nicolet following a meeting between Alpert and Danoch. The ILC's first board was co-chaired by Alpert and Tene, and included Milstein, Erdman, Marmour, Saidoff, Shawn Evenhaim , Yossi Rabinovitz , and Nissan Pardo . Shoham Nicolet was asked to volunteer to lead the venture as

5548-403: Was saying Milstein backed the operation". Milstein claims the documentary’s reporting are untrue. Naftali Bennett Naftali Bennett ( Hebrew : נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט , romanized :  Naftālī Beneṭ , pronounced [naftaˈli ˈbenet] ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as

5624-431: Was seeking the position for himself. On 16 November 2018, a Likud party spokesman announced that Netanyahu had rejected Bennett's request and that Netanyahu himself would take the position instead. It was then announced that Bennett's Jewish Home party would no longer be affiliated with Netanyahu's government. On 19 November, Bennett reneged on his pledge to withdraw from Netanyahu's coalition. In December 2018, Bennett

5700-530: Was selected for officer training. He was given a choice of remaining in Sayeret Matkal but as a regular operator rather than a commander or transferring to the Maglan commando unit to receive a command position and chose to transfer to Maglan. He became a company commander in the Maglan unit. Bennett was discharged from active service after six years but continued to serve in the reserves and attained

5776-533: Was sworn in on 13 June, ending Netanyahu's 12-year tenure in office. He is Israel's first kippah -wearing prime minister. On the fast of 9th of Av , 2021, as hundreds of Jews went to mourn on the temple mount, where it was forbidden for them to pray, Bennett wrote: "The Jewish people twice had a Jewish state on the Land of Israel, and both times we did not succeed to complete the eighth decade as an independent state, because of internal wars and baseless hatred ... At

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