Bennett offered the left-wing security expert the position of his national security advisor

June 14, 2021   

Naftali Bennett Suggested to the res. general' Amos Yadlin The position of national security advisor. This was reported this evening (Monday) on Channel 13. Yadlin, former head of the intelligence department and IDF attaché in Washington, is a leftist. Yadlin, who served as chairman of the Institute for National Security Studies - an institute with a leftist orientation - praised former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for carrying out the disengagement plan, and noted that "If I could, I would put a flower on Ariel Sharon's grave every day for liberating Israel from 1.7 million Palestinians." In January 2015, he announced his joining the Zionist camp, and Yitzhak Herzog and Tzipi Livni declared him their candidate for the position of defense minister. Ahead of the elections for the 21st Knesset, he expressed support for Blue and White. According to the report, Bennett is debating whether to appoint Yadlin, with the attitude of the Democratic Party in the United States towards him among his considerations, or to look for a security figure identified with the right. Bennett continues to build his hive, and in the coming days he is expected to meet with candidates for director general of the Prime Minister's Office and government secretary. Media person Yinon Magal He responded: "If this is true, then we can officially declare that Bennett has broken left. Yadlin is a complete leftist. Amazing.". Yair Netanyahu He responded: "How wonderful that Bennett is going to appoint Amos Yadlin from the INSS to the position of National Security Advisor (one of the most sensitive and influential positions)..." Chairman of the Religious Zionist faction, MK Orit Struck, attacks Bennett for the proposal: "Mr. Prime Minister, head of the Yamina party, do you have it to the far left? Amos Yadlin, who praised Sharon for the disengagement, who is a political friend of Tzipi Livni, who supported Benny Gantz in the elections, who recommends that Israel withdraw from the Judea and Samaria territories - you want him as your national security advisor? What advice would he give you? And where are you taking us?", asked Strok.