Bennett asks PM for defense portfolio
Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday he asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appoint him as defense minister, following Avigdor Lieberman’s resignation.
“All my friends and advisors said this is a political mistake, that this ministry is a political graveyard. They could be right, but they don’t understand that for me the security of Israel is the cause, and politics is only the means, and not vice versa. I’m certain that my experience as a combat soldier and commander will aid me in dramatically influencing Israel’s security,” Bennett concluded.
