A day after announcing he would attempt to bury the hatchet with Benjamin Netanyahu, Education Minister Naftali Bennett claims the prime minister has been briefing members of the press against him.
“It saddens me that the prime minister has not stopped the marathon attacks against me in these briefings,” Bennett told the Knesset Channel, alluding to a series of hours-long off-the-record briefings that Netanyahu has been giving to the editorial boards of major Israeli outlets.
Bennett, who has recently sparred with Netanyahu over his alleged mishandling of the 2014 war in Gaza, says he’s “aware the prime minister has not stopped attacking me.”
“As two members of the same government, we must act collegially toward each other,” he says. “I will carry on with my business. I think these attacks are wrong, but I don’t intend to attack him back.”
On Monday, Bennett told Channel 2 he didn’t plan on getting into any more tiffs with Netanyahu, vowing to rectify their prickly relationship and let the state comptroller have the final word on any missteps in the lead-up to the 2014 war.
— Tamar Pileggi
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