ISRAEL-ELECTION-BENNETT PROFILE Naftali Bennett, leader of ultranationalist party, runs for top cabinet post in upcoming poll

Record ID: 399291

  • Title: ISRAEL-ELECTION-BENNETT PROFILE Naftali Bennett, leader of ultranationalist party, runs for top cabinet post in upcoming poll
  • Date: 15th March 2015
  • Summary: ASHKELON, ISRAEL (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BENNETT SPEAKING TO RESIDENTS DURING CAMPAIGN TOUR SUPPORTERS CHANTING, CLAPPING AS BENNETT WALKS THROUGH MARKETPLACE VARIOUS OF BENNETT, ACCOMPANIED BY DOZENS OF SUPPORTERS WALKING THROUGH MARKET BENNETT TALKING TO RESIDENTS
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2015 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA9GH3E19CUT6A0MJHMQ9C3N16B
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FOLLOWING EDIT CONTAINS ORIGINALLY 4:3 MATERIAL
    Naftali Bennett, leader of the far-right Jewish Home party, emerged as a surprise success story in the 2013 election, advocating annexation of more than half of the occupied West Bank and calling a Palestinian state "suicide" for Israel.
    Bennett, a religious Jew, has expanded his party's appeal to younger, more secular Israelis through a series of hip campaign commercials in which the 42-year-old mocks liberals, whom he accuses of apologising to the world for Israel's existence.
    Now economy minister, he is widely seen as being in the running for a top cabinet post if Netanyahu forms the next governing coalition.
    Born in Israel to parents from San Francisco, Bennett spent years in the United States before he sold his anti-fraud software company to a U.S. security firm for $145 million.
  • Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register