Bennett lashes ‘Netanyahu’s disastrous government,’ tells it to ‘go home already’

By Sam Sokol 3 March 2025, 8:45 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Naftali Bennett attends a commemoration ceremony for a slain Israeli soldier at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, December 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling him to “go home already,” following a tumultuous evening in the Knesset during which the premier rejected the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into October 7 and Knesset guards used force to block hostage families from entering the plenum visitors gallery.

“Tonight, we witnessed a total disconnect by Netanyahu’s disastrous government,” he says in a statement.

“A government that does not respect its fallen is not worthy of this people. Cast your eyes down, take responsibility. The government of ‘Hamas is an asset,’ the government of weakness and evasion of responsibility — get out of our lionlike nation’s sight and, for God’s sake, go home already.”