On Monday this week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett surprised the political system and gave up. In a joint statement to him and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the two announced the dissolution of the Knesset. “After the attempts to stabilize the coalition were exhausted, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Deputy Prime Minister Yair Lapid agreed that a bill would be submitted to the Knesset for approval next week. After its approval, the rotation will be carried out in an orderly manner,” it said.
This morning (Friday), Knesset correspondent for “News 12”, Dafna Liel, published about the minutes that led to the same surprising announcement that decided the fate of the faltering Bennett government. According to her, at the end of the briefing of the political reporters that took place on Monday afternoon, Bennett closed himself in his office in the Knesset, and asked for a few moments of silence, and without interruptions. An hour later, Bennett summoned Lapid to his office for a brief meeting. Very short.
According to her, the counselors who went on break returned 7 minutes later and found that the meeting had ended as if it had not happened. Lapid has already thanked Bennett for honoring the agreement. Bennett and Lapid were required at the time to convene the party leaders, who were unaware of Bennett’s decision. At 18:00, only the party leaders who were in the Knesset were gathered and were shocked by the dramatic announcement presented to them by the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister.
For Bennett, the reactions were not important, as he no longer wanted to hear. According to the report, the charged encounter was signed a quarter of an hour later and with hugs of comfort. During the meeting with the party leaders, Yotam Ben – Yitzhak, the prime minister’s spokesman, sent the message to the media and thus came to the end of Bennett’s government.