Naftali Bennett is the leader of the religious-nationalist The Jewish Home party. He is also Israel’s Minister of Education and previously served as the Minister of Diaspora Affairs between 2013. Between 2013 and 2015, he held the posts of Minister of Economy and Minister of Religious Services. Prior to serving in government, Minister Bennett served as CEO of Soluto, an Israeli cloud computing service, which he sold in 2013.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.