Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sat down with interviewer Roni Kuban and addressed, for the first time, the most sensitive and widely discussed topics in his life, including the persistent rumours that have circulated in recent weeks about his personal life.
At the centre of the interview is Bennett's first direct and public response to the stubborn speculation that he and his wife Gilat are in the process of divorcing.
In a first glimpse from the programme, Kuban confronts Bennett with the complex political reality and reminds him of the events of October 7th, "Katrgate", the draft-evasion law and the judicial reform, and asks where the political system went wrong. Bennett refuses to look back: "I'm not a commentator, I deal with actions going forward. We need to replace him (Netanyahu), he needs to go home."
When Kuban presses and asks whether an earlier union with Gadi Eisenkot would have improved the bloc's standing in the polls, Bennett avoids declaring him the agreed candidate but admits: "I think it certainly would have been easier to beat Netanyahu head-to-head with a right-wing man, but that's spilt milk."
