Two former Israeli prime ministers, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, have announced a political alliance ahead of the national election scheduled for later this year. The new party, named 'Together', will be led by Bennett. The announcement was made in a joint televised statement, where both leaders emphasized unity and the need to overcome internal divisions to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to Al Jazeera, the alliance aims to consolidate Israel’s fragmented opposition, whose only common ground appears to be opposition to Netanyahu. Bennett described the move as a historic Zionist step, while Lapid praised Bennett as an honest right-wing politician with whom he shares mutual trust. Both leaders said their goal is to unite the opposition and focus all efforts on winning the upcoming election and leading Israel toward the future.

Bennett also pledged that, if elected, he would establish a national commission to investigate the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, an inquiry that the current Netanyahu government has rejected.