Follow May. 14, 2021 Naftali Bennett could have become a prime minister of historical stature. A one-time opportunity fell into his hands: to head a governing coalition whose likes Israel has never seen, from the Islamic party the United Arab List to his own Yamina and Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope. The ingredients were in the pot, the fire was burning and all that remained was to stir, season and serve. But Bennett collapsed. The man who in the last election campaign aspired to replace Benjamin Netanyahu because of the “most dire management failure, equivalent to the Yom Kippur War debacle,” as he put it, lost his moxie after three days of riots.