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Then-alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/ Flash90)
November 6, 2022, 5:58 pm
Bennett officially steps down as alternate prime minister
Resignation will go into effect Tuesday, comes after former PM agreed with outgoing successor Lapid that no sensitive decisions will be made in transition period
By ToI Staff
Then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, with then-Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 18, 2022. (Olivier Fitousi/Flash90)
November 3, 2022, 10:29 pm
Bennett announces resignation, hopes incoming government ‘will act responsibly’
Alternate PM caps off tumultuous political career, hailing achievements of his government; agrees with outgoing PM that no sensitive decisions be made in transition period
By ToI Staff
Givat Shmuel on February 10, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 28, 2022, 11:57 am
Furious at Bennett’s betrayal, these national religious voters won’t allow a repeat
After backing Yamina in 2021, Givat Shmuel residents feel burned that their votes were used to oust Netanyahu; many plan to hold their noses and vote for Likud or Religious Zionism
By Jacob Magid
MK Amichai Chikli at a Knesset House Committee meeting on the Yamina party's request to declare him a 'defector,' on April 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 11:49 pm
Netanyahu vows to make renegade MK a minister after election disqualification
At campaign rally, former prime minister says Central Elections Committee decision to bar Amichai Chikli from running is political and aimed at bringing down the right-wing bloc
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach leads a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
September 15, 2022, 6:41 pm
Yamina MK Nir Orbach quits politics, urges Israeli right to ‘wake up’
Orbach, who left Bennett’s coalition in June prompting November’s election, says he will ‘personally’ take action to ensure that the next government is right-wing
By ToI Staff
Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu poses with candidates he added to the Likud Knesset slate: (from left) Yossi Fuchs, Tsega Melaku, Idit Silman, Moshe Saada, and Amichai Chikli, September 14, 2022. (Courtesy)
September 14, 2022, 10:57 pm
Netanyahu adds former rebel MKs who downed Bennett government to his Likud slate
Ex-justice official who attacked prosecutors over Netanyahu charges is also given spot; new faces have not stymied criticism over lack of female representation in Likud’s list
By Ash Obel and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Ayelet Shaked at the first government conference, at the Israeli parliament, on June 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 14, 2022, 10:49 pm
Bennett seems to snap at Shaked: ‘Those who regret [my] government have post-trauma’
Former PM offers veiled criticism of long-time ally as she moves rightward in bid to gain support ahead of election; Shaked defends the shift, saying she’s ‘returned home’
By ToI Staff
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked and Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel at a state memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir, at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, July 10, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 13, 2022, 11:34 am
Shaked agrees to run as leader of Jewish Home, days after split with Zionist Spirit
Interior minister signs deal three days after blowup with Yoaz Hendel that ended short-lived alliance; if move finalizes, party likely to support Netanyahu for PM
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (R) and then Yamina MK Abir Kara present their plan to reduce the bureaucratic burden on small businesses, May 1, 2022. (Mark Neiman/GPO)
August 26, 2022, 1:24 pm
Yamina’s Abir Kara parts ways with Shaked’s Zionist Spirit
Shaked claims former Yamina MK leaves due to squabble over list position, while Kara says split is over ‘values and economic policies’
By ToI Staff
MK Shirly Pinto attends a faction meeting of National Unity Party at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on August 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 25, 2022, 12:17 pm
Pinto: I left Yamina because Shaked will prop up a narrow Netanyahu government
Lawmaker, who jumped ship and joined the National Unity alliance ahead of coming elections, says country needs a broad, diverse coalition to break cycle of political instability
By ToI Staff
In this handout photo released by National Unity on August 22, 2022, leaders Benny Gantz (R) and Gideon Sa'ar (l) pose with the party's newest member, MK Shirly Pinto (C). (Elad Malka)
August 22, 2022, 12:59 pm
MK Shirly Pinto leaves Yamina for newly formed National Unity
Israel’s first deaf Knesset member becomes the 2nd former member of ex-PM Bennett’s party to join alliance led by Gantz, Sa’ar and Eisenkot
By Alexander Fulbright
Then-prime minister Naftali Bennett and MK Idit Silman in the Knesset, June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2022, 11:05 pm
Bennett splits from Yamina, as ex-coalition MKs take revenge on renegade Silman
Former-PM departs his own party in tactical move letting allies join other parties; coalition MKs reject Idit Silman’s similar request, meaning she must now quit the Knesset to run
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Deputy Minister of Religious Services Matan Kahana speaks with Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
August 14, 2022, 1:45 pm
Shaked swipes at Kahana as he leaves Yamina for ‘statesmanlike left-wing camp’
Zionist Spirit leader says ‘things have become clearer’ as ex-colleague chooses Gantz-led alliance over their former joint home Yamina, in latest blow to party
By Ash Obel
MK Idit Silman chairs a Knesset Health Committee on May 10, 2022. (Flash90)
August 12, 2022, 10:29 am
Former Yamina MKs Silman and Chikli seen as likely appointments to Likud’s slate
Rebels who helped bring down Bennett government are favorites for reserved spots on party slate; Gal Hirsch, former senior IDF officer under indictment, also reportedly considered
By Sara Serfaty
Shirley Pinto communicates with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a swearing-in ceremony of new parliamentarians at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2022, 11:59 pm
Yamina MK Pinto, senior official reject joining Shaked’s Zionist Spirit
Knesset’s first deaf member vows to keep fighting for disabled rights; former Yamina director-general Shirley Weinstein also confirms she won’t enlist in new right-wing party
By Ash Obel
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