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Bennett, Lapid Merge Parties, Promise Oct 7 Inquiry

4/26/2026

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  • Naftali Bennett pledged that a government from the alliance would create a commission of inquiry into the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
  • Prime ministers, who ended Benjamin Netanyahu’s twelve-year rule in a 2021 rotation, announced Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid will merge their parties into a faction headed by Bennett and will hold news conference on Sunday.
  • Yesh Atid said the merger aims to end divisions and focus on winning the election.