{"id":888477,"date":"2026-06-24T02:23:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/888477\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T02:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T02:23:15","slug":"naftali-bennett-details-plan-to-reform-major-aspects-of-israeli-life-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/888477\/","title":{"rendered":"Naftali Bennett details plan to reform major aspects of Israeli life if elected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Prime Minister and chairman of Together<\/a>, Naftali Bennett, shared a comprehensive plan detailing the steps he\u2019d take as prime minister to \u201cbuild Israel from scratch\u201d in a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Bennett described his plan, named the \u2018New Covenant,\u2019 as \u201ca foundational plan to repair the state,\u201d and said he would \u201cfix every major area of life in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agreement between the state and its citizens has been broken. The last government destroyed many state institutions, and they can no longer simply be repaired – they need to be dismantled and rebuilt,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n

According to Bennett, Israel\u2019s next government should be \u201ca founding government, a [David] Ben-Gurion-style government,\u201d and said that he has spent the past two years working with professionals in various aspects to build plans addressing the core problems facing the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe instruction I gave them was: How would you build an excellent state from scratch?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bennett’s plan includes higher educational standards, crackdown on ‘ultra-Orthodox state’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding education, Bennett called for a \u201cpublic education at the level of a private school.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the state spends an average of about NIS 50,000 per child,\u201d he stated. \u201cThat is the cost of a private school, without the quality of a private school.\u201d<\/p>\n

The education reform would completely dismantle and rebuild the Education Ministry, focusing on \u201cshutting down unnecessary mechanisms, and direct the money to children, classrooms, and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett referred to the state\u2019s current relationship with the haredi community as \u201ca slow-motion suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will dismantle the ultra-Orthodox<\/a> state within a state and build one Jewish, democratic, prosperous, and strong state.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bennett noted that the haredi community teaches anti-Zionist ideology, and said the New Covenant would \u201cturn off the funding tap for education that harms the state and provide an excellent alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett vows to build new security cabinet, break up ‘food cartels’<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will launch an all-out war against food cartels,\u201d Bennett declared, referring primarily to the Chinese company Bright Food, which owns Tnuva and, according to Bennett, instructed its Israeli management to \u201craise prices, squeeze as much as possible until the public cries out, and then keep squeezing.<\/p>\n

\u201cForeign interests have penetrated the food market, and they are succeeding because there is no competition. We will break them up and lower prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bennett stated that politicians have lacked the courage to confront monopolies in Israel, but he would work to reform Israel\u2019s economy as soon as he is in power.<\/p>\n

\u201cI say from here to the Chinese owners of Tnuva, to Shufersal, Unilever, Diplomat, and everyone else: On my first day in office, the party is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett stated that as leader, he\u2019d work with the IDF<\/a>, Shin Bet, and all law enforcement branches to build a new security cabinet, using the \u201cAl Capone method\u201d – which refers to taking down major criminals by pursuing them through smaller offences, such as tax evasion, rather than violent, harder-to-prove crimes – to fight organized crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtection rackets, shootings in the streets, and the takeover of entire areas are terrorism and a threat to national security, and I will officially declare them a national security threat, not merely a criminal one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started this during the government I led, with great success, and we will soon continue the work and do it faster and more forcefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plans to ‘restore security’, devolve authority to local governments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bennett stated he would recruit 20,000 additional soldiers to the IDF that are \u201cso desperately needed in order to win,\u201d and called to adopt a policy of zero tolerance regarding Israel\u2019s enemies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will restore security and move from rounds of escalation to decisive victory. Not a drone. Not a rocket. And certainly not force build-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett also said he would work to end Israel\u2019s diplomatic isolation, working with regional allies to \u201cshape the destiny\u201d of the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the realm of public perception, we will get rid of the TikTok ministers who are causing us damage and establish a national public diplomacy body. Just as we have the excellence of Unit 8200<\/a>, there will be an 8300 that can compete with Qatar, Iran, and Israel\u2019s enemies around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, Bennett slammed the current government\u2019s lack of accountability, saying he would manage the country the way he managed companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cCitizens will receive excellent service because we will run the government according to high-tech standards, with measurable KPIs, personal accountability, and transparency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The plan would include closing seven government ministries, devolving authority to local governments, and making political appointments based on professional merit, not personal favors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMinisters will be accountable to you and work for you, not for party primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Prime Minister and chairman of Together, Naftali Bennett, shared a comprehensive plan detailing the steps he\u2019d take…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":888478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[310722,372,360266,99,173625,321562,50,341005],"class_list":["post-888477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-2026-israeli-elections","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-bennett-headline","tag-israel","tag-israel-elections","tag-israel-political-situation","tag-news","tag-together-party"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116802709537779196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}