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Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett discusses Israel's current existential challenges and the implications of continued governance by the current administration.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This week, we hear from former prime minister Naftali Bennett in conversation with founding editor David Horovitz and political correspondent Tal Schneider. Speaking with ToI on June 11 at the campaign headquarters of Together, the new, merged party he now leads with former prime minister Yair Lapid, Bennett said Israel is facing “an existential moment,” and warned that another term under the current government would leave the country without a functioning economy, society or international position. “Another four years with this government, we won’t have an economy, we won’t have a society,” he charged. “The Haredi issue will just crash us all. We won’t have an international standing anywhere. We have to act now.” And so, this week, we ask Naftali Bennett, what matters now. For further reading: Bennett to ToI: ‘We’re at an existential moment. Another four years with this government, we won’t have a society’ What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts , Spotify…

People in this episode

Hosts: David Horovitz, Tal Schneider

Guest: Naftali Bennett

Topics covered

• Israel politics
• existential crisis
• government
• economy
• society
• international relations

Keywords

• Naftali Bennett
• Israel
• existential moment
• government
• economy
• society
• international standing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Together, The Times of Israel

Places: Israel

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