Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett (born March 25, 1972) is an Israeli businessman and a political activist and advisor, who serves as the Director General of the Yesha Council, since 2010.

Bennett served in the elite Sayeret Matkal and Maglan units as a Company Commander and continues to serve in the reserves, holding the rank of Major.

After his IDF service, Bennett Received a Law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 1999, he co-founded "Cyota" - a leading anti-fraud company and served as its CEO. The company was sold in 2005 to RSA Security for $145,000,000.

After he took part in the Second Lebanon War, Bennett joined then-Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu and served as his Chief of Staff from 2006–2008. Among other issues, he led a team which developed Netanyahu's Educational reform plan. He also ran Netanyahu's Primaries campaign to lead the Likud party in August 2007.

On January 31, 2010, Bennett was appointed as the Director General of the Yesha Council and led the struggle against the Settlement freeze in 2010.

Bennett lives in Raanana with his wife and three children.

External Links

• Meet the High-Tech Millionaire Leading the West Bank Settlement Movement, The Jewish Week, September 2010

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