As long as Bezalel Smotrich remains above the electoral threshold, Netanyahu retains a path to a governing coalition. Bennett’s only viable strategy is to peel away voters who are close to the finance minister ideologically, but distant from him emotionally – these are mainly national-religious women
Naftali Bennett’s latest election campaign video, in which AI-generated toddlers carry an army stretcher as a parable for equality in military service, sparked predictable outrage on left-wing feeds.