Days before Israel’s October 27th election, Knesset candidate Mati Gill sits down with Tuly, his classmate since kindergarten in Columbus, Ohio, to make the case for Naftali Bennett as Israel’s next prime minister.
Mati doesn’t hedge. He calls for Netanyahu to retire, blaming him for the failure of October 7th, years of appeasing Hamas, and a political strategy built on dividing Israelis against each other. Tuly pushes back hard: Why not join a broad government with Likud? Will Bennett sit with the Haredi parties, Ben Gvir or Smotrich? Can a coalition that includes Yair Golan hold a hawkish line on security?
Mati lays out where Bennett’s party stands on the biggest fights in this election. No Palestinian state and not a centimeter of land handed over. Drafting the ultra-Orthodox and ending funding for communities that don’t serve or work. A constitution based on the Declaration of Independence to end the battles over the courts. Enforcing the law in Judea and Samaria. Rebuilding bipartisan support in America, which he says Netanyahu has lost in both parties. Declaring Qatar an enemy state for funding antisemitism online. And protecting Israel’s economy through AI and technology partnerships if sanctions talk in Washington turns real.
He also shares how he got here: aliyah in 1992, six years in the IDF’s foreign relations division, closing the gates at Rosh Hanikra during the 2000 Lebanon withdrawal, commanding a joint operations center with US CENTCOM after October 7th, a decade at Teva, and founding a venture that brings AI into drug discovery.
Whether you agree with him or not, this is a candid look at what an opposition government could mean for Israel.
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