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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Willard Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)

New Israeli prime minister wants Biden to see Iran deal as ‘no longer relevant’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this June 13, 2021, file photo Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, holds a first Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. How President Joe Biden and Bennett manage that relationship will shape the prospects for peace and stability in the Middle East. They are ushering in an era no longer shaped by the powerful personality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who repeatedly defied the Obama administration, and then reaped the rewards of a warm relationship with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

‘Wake up’: New Israeli leader blasts Biden’s nuclear talks with Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israel's new prime minister Naftali Bennett raises his hand during a Knesset session in Jerusalem Sunday, June 13, 2021. Israel's parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's historic 12-year rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu became the new prime minister (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Assessing Naftali Bennett and Israel’s new leadership

By Abraham Wagner

Israel's designated new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sends greetings during a Knesset session in Jerusalem Sunday, June 13, 2021. Bennett is expected later Sunday to be sworn in as the country's new prime minister, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule. (AP Photo/Ariel Schali22

Netanyahu ousted by single vote after 12 years as Israel’s prime minister

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Ayelet Shaked, left, and Naftali Bennett, parliament members from Yamina party, chat during a special session of the Knesset, whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Naftali Bennett is Netanyahu’s former protege, now successor

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, left, smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid during a special session of the Knesset, whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

‘Government of change’: Unwieldy alliance apparently ends Netanyahu’s long reign in Israel

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Workers count votes in Israel's national elections wearing and divided in groups by sheets of plastic masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Final vote results show major setback for Israel’s Netanyahu

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Palestinian farmer harvests tomatoes in Jordan Valley in the West Bank, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. The Israeli military blocked Palestinian agricultural exports on Sunday in the latest escalation of a monthslong trade war that comes amid fears of renewed violence as well. Following Defense Minister Naftali Bennett's instruction, the military said it would not allow the Palestinians to transfer their products through their land crossing to Jordan, the West Bank's only direct export route to the outside world. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel, Palestinians defuse agricultural trade crisis

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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, visit an Israeli army base in the Golan Heights, on the Israeli-Syrian border. Bennett is ordering plans for new settler housing in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron. In a letter sent by his office to defense officials Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, Israel’s new pro-settler defense minister called for “planning processes to be advanced” for new Jewish settler housing. (Atef Safadi/Pool via AP, File)

Israel plans new settler homes in flashpoint West Bank city

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu center, Foreign Minister Israel Katz, left, and the government secretary Tzachi Braverman, attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)

Israeli Cabinet OKs hard-liner Bennett as defense minister

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Netanyahu appoints hard-liner Bennett as defense minister

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Israeli hard-line ministers to form new party ahead of vote

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Israeli education minister to stay in government

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump win means no two-state solution in Middle East, Israeli official says

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on March 29, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Benjamin Netanyahu beats deadline to form new government

By Nathaniel Madden - The Washington Times

Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, speaks in Ashdod, Israel, on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Mr. Bennett, the charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right, is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ahead of Jan. 22 election. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli economy minister attacked at Tel Aviv peace conference: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, speaks in Ashdod, Israel, on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Mr. Bennett, the charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right, is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ahead of Jan. 22 election. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu

By Aron Heller - Associated Press