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Monday, July 15, 2024
Liberman says he spoke to former PM Bennett over weekend amid talk of comeback
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. 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"
Amid rumors that Naftali Bennett is preparing for a political comeback, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman says that he met with the former prime minister as recently as this weekend and will do so again on Wednesday.
Liberman does not directly respond when asked if he plans on running together with Bennett in the next elections, merely saying that he is in touch with “everybody.”
The Kan public broadcaster reported in May that Liberman and Bennett are in the middle of discussions regarding the creation of a right-wing union that could offer a “governing alternative” to Netanyahu.
Liberman’s remarks come shortly after New Hope chairman Gideon Sa’ar told reporters that Bennett intends to return to politics.
Responding to a question from The Times of Israel during his party’s faction meeting last Monday, Sa’ar said that the last time he met with Bennett “was on the eve of the Shavuot holiday and I understand that that’s his plan.”
Liberman tells the Times of Israel that he met with Bennett as recently as two days ago and will do so again on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/2DmkxM2q5t
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