Former PM Naftali Bennett Spends Nearly 850,000 Shekels on Election Campaign

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has launched an extensive and aggressive election campaign in recent months. According to a report by Kan 11, Bennett's party, Yachdav, has spent approximately 849,929 shekels on the campaign. This spending figure has drawn sharp criticism from Topaz Luk, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Luk mocked Bennett's claims about a "poison machine," suggesting Bennett is trying to rationalize why a large segment of the public dislikes him. Luk further accused Bennett and his allies of lacking ideology and relying on fabricated narratives, contrasting them with Netanyahu, whom he described as having a genuine ideology and organic public support without needing to buy online backing. Luk concluded by asserting that despite attempts to prove the existence of a "machine" or bots supporting Netanyahu's opponents, no such evidence exists, and he predicted continued electoral losses for Bennett's camp.