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To get away from Netanyahu, Bennett tried everything in his first interview as prime minister.
Mostly boring
In front of the TV channels and major websites, the prime minister even refrained from calling the name of the previous prime minister - in front of the media, which is still in the throes of withdrawal from Netanyahu.
The result was a boring round of interviews, just like the story Bennett wants to tell about the current government
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Nadav Menuhin
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 08:57 Updated: 09:15
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A.
In his first significant interview with television channels since being sworn in as prime minister, Naftali Bennett made a great effort to stay away from anything reminiscent of the man before him in office - Benjamin Netanyahu.
For example, over and over again, on the three channels (and on the two major sites, including this site), Bennett used the phrase "previous" to refer to him, without the explicit name, but added clues to make it clear to all of us who he was and what he thought of the previous government.
What was supposed to be a casual or neutral expression, loaded with no other meaning, seems ridiculous and even childish in practice: is it impossible to just move on and call the previous prime minister by his name in a matter-of-fact manner?
But for Bennett this is a precondition: he must keep his "predecessor" out of the discussion.
His government and leadership are based on the idea that Netanyahu is not in the room.
Hence the opposite effect: the neutral expression reveals more insecurity than the opposite.
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B.
But Netanyahu's spirit prevails over the media as well, and it is clear that she is still in the throes of withdrawal from it.
Take, for example, Tamar Ish Shalom, who asked him in an interview with News 13 whether he would transfer the rotation to Lapid "without tricks and without sticks."
In the post-Netanyahu era, this is not really a question - but a kind of journalistic ghost from other times, a rather unnecessary reflex of media in post-trauma.
Other questions asked in the interviews also seemed like we were on the verge of a fifth election, and others were just about politics instead of essence - such as the rhetorical questions about the coalition partnership with the PM in the event of an attack in Gaza. Did anyone think Bennett would answer differently?
Too bad, because it comes at the expense of other things.
By virtue of his position, the Prime Minister is responsible for everything.
The issues of security, economy and war in Corona are all very important, and it is certainly interesting to find out how stable the uneven coalition behind it is.
But in the face of media with such intense political coverage, accustomed to calculating coalitions and identifying power games but much less interested in other issues, it is important to note that Bennett was not asked at all by interviewers about climate issues - yes, the really acute thing on the agenda - as well as welfare, gender issues Or religion and state.
These things are not at all in the focus of the political debate, and that is a significant part of the problem.
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One question was not asked.
Bennett and Yonit (Photo: screenshot, News 12)
third.
The same attempt to differentiate from Netanyahu's past interviews has led to significant differences in outcome.
Bennett arrived very alert and careful, and looked almost hesitant - how far from the self-confidence of the veteran campaigner.
In the end, he also did not give any title - and especially not a gimmick or catch-up in the spirit of "na na na na" or "shasha shasha" as he used to do "his predecessor".
Watching all the channels it turns out that despite some difference in the questions, he recited the same answers to almost everyone.
Which led to a rather banal round of interviews, which was also received quite indifferently.
In this case, the medium is also the message the prime minister wants to convey: a boring story about a boring government, busy working and not producing noise.
Bored of me for good, Bennett asks, and you may be convinced that it is still better than "my predecessors."
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