Bennett’s ‘Right-Wing’ Claim Mocked in Satirical Response to Netanyahu Attack

In a satirical daily video segment on Srugim, Ariel Shraffer reacts to Naftali Bennett’s post saying that Benjamin Netanyahu is “no longer capable of anything,” and argues that Bennett should speak more carefully if he wants to return as prime minister. The piece says Bennett blamed Netanyahu for “selling the country’s future” to ultra-Orthodox brokers and for sending Israeli soldiers to Lebanon with “their hands tied.”

The video counters that, in the Lebanese strikes shown in the media, no soldiers were handcuffed or chained, and cites Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz as having said Israel has full freedom of action in Lebanon. It also mocks Bennett’s criticism by asking whether it is worse to be a right-wing leader who allegedly sold the country’s future to Arab brokers, referencing Mansour Abbas, who helped make Bennett Israel’s 13th prime minister.

The segment then revisits Bennett’s remarks at a JNS conference, where he said, “I am still right-wing, but not an idiot,” and defined being right-wing as standing by principles and opposing a Palestinian state, while also saying a right-wing person should not “tweet nonstop.” The satirical response ridicules that claim, accusing Bennett of abandoning his principles to become prime minister without elections, signing a coalition agreement with a party that wants a Palestinian state, and continuing to post online despite his own remarks.

The video closes with a disclaimer that the content is satirical and meant humorously, without intent to harm, and notes that “The Red Dot” runs daily on the Srugim website.