Columnist Nechemia Shtrasler assessed that Naftali Bennett's year as prime minister provided him with rich political and diplomatic experience, and that as economy minister he promoted competition and reforms, as education minister he advanced 5-unit math studies, during Operation Protective Edge he demanded Netanyahu address Hamas tunnels, and during the pandemic he was the only minister who studied the issue deeply and proposed solutions.
The quote, attributed to journalist Nechemia Shtrasler, offers a positive retrospective on Naftali Bennett's tenure across multiple roles. Bennett, who served as prime minister from June 2021 to June 2022, has been positioning himself for a political return and has recently issued sharp critiques of the current government. The assessment covers Bennett's work as economy minister, education minister, his role during Operation Protective Edge (2014), and his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. No further details on the context of the quote or the publication in which it appeared are available.
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