All eyes are now on Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, who finds himself facing an acute dilemma.
Should he form a government with center and left-wing parties, he would, at the tender age of 49, become prime minister of Israel. But he would be a prime minister of compromise in a government that would not be right-wing. It would be a government “of change” that change being the expulsion of Netanyahu from the political scene.
It would also include Gideon Sa’ar’s Tikva Hadasha (“New Hope”) party, which, while right-wing like Bennett, has vowed never to sit under Netanyahu.
Yamina’s name reflects its ideology it literally means “rightward.” And yet it is now considering entering into a government of compromise. Herein lies the Bennett riddle: Will he give up his right-wing values and realize a one-time opportunity to become prime minister?