Naftali Bennett blames Netanyahu for October 7, yet backs a pardon for him

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Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett calls Benjamin Netanyahu the man "most responsible for October 7th," then argues Netanyahu should be pardoned and sent home, not jailed. In this Jerusalem Post interview, Bennett, Israel's prime minister from 2021 to 2022 and now leader of a new party ahead of the 2026 election, lays out the case for his political comeback. He says Netanyahu "should go home… he should be pardoned" as part of a deal to exit politics, while insisting the former leader initiated the "strategy of feeding Hamas" that ended in catastrophe. Bennett also unveils his flagship reform: integrating 1.5 million ultra-Orthodox Israelis into the military, workforce and a shared school…