How will Israel under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett be different in terms of Israel Palestine conflict and the conflict in the wider region ?

This year, 2026 will be an election year in Israel. By law, the legislative election has to be held by 27th October 2026 (there is always a chance for the PM to dissolve Knesset and call for an early election).

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According to recent polls, Naftali Bennett is ahead of Netanyahu. Polls are not definite, many polsters get their predictions wrong, most polls did not expect Trump to win and he did, twice. There are still plenty of time to catch up and campaign, outcome can still go either way, way too early to say. What we do know is, no political party in Israel had ever gotten enough seat to government by itself, every Israeli government is a coalition of several political parties. 2026 Israel election will be no exception. There are more than 10 political parties in Israel.

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I feel alot of the Public Relations problem of the Israeli government is made complicated by Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who are coalition partners of Netanyahu. Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are from far right wing political party and they have a big mouth and newspaper loves them, everything they say get broadcasted and left wing people in the west sees red. But Naftali Bennett are not allies with Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, they still wont shut up, but at least they will not be cabinet minister and part of the future Israeli government, anything they say can be sweep under the rug as crazy madmen and not representative of the Bennett's government.

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I know many Left liberals in the West hates Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.... but what is their opinion of Bennett ? Bennett is allied to Yair Lapid who is the current opposition leader and considered a Liberal. He is very different when compared to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, and he was also formerly a journalist himself, he ought to be able to clean up the image of the Israeli government.

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What is Bennett's policies on Israel Palestine conflict and the conflict in the wider region ? How will his policies differ from Netanyahu ? Both Bennett and Likud (Netanyahu) are right wing politicians

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