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in ArtsWhat’s Spencer Tunick best known for?
American artist Spencer Tunick is a 54-year-old photographer best known for his large-scale nude photoshoots. He has staged dozens worldwide, including outside Sydney Opera House and in London’s Selfridges.
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in PoliticsNaftali Bennett is the first Israeli Prime Minister who…
Naftali Bennett is the first Israeli Prime Minister who wears a yarmulke – which in Israel means he’s practicing Orthodox Judaism: Keeps kosher, visits a synagogue at least once a week, and avoids work on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath (except for vital assignments). This is the first time a religious Prime Minister governs Israel, as…
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in PoliticsWhat is Naftali Bennett’s net worth?
Naftali Bennet made some fortune as a software entrepreneur and then high tech investor, but he’s by far NOT Israel’s richest politician. Bennet’s net adventures earned him around $10 million (not far behind former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s $14 million of private equities). Bennett is, however, expected to see around $5 million income from his…
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in PoliticsHow many non-Jewish ministers were sworn in Bennett and Lapid’s cabinet?
While Bennet and Lapid’s coalition includes the Islamic United Arab List party for the first time in Israel’s history, the two non-Jewish cabinet ministers in Israel’s new government come from other, primarily Jewish parties. The two non-Jewish cabinet members of Bennett and Lapid’s government are Muslim Essawi Frej from the Leftist Meretz party and Druze…
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in PoliticsWho was Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister?
Benjamin Netanyahu served in office for 15 years, making him the longest-serving Israeli prime minister in history. Israel’s national founder David Ben-Gurion is the previous Israeli record holder with 13 years in power.
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in PoliticsWhich government did Israel’s new PM Naftali Bennett describe as a “regime of brutal hangmen”?
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett condemned on Sunday, June 20, 2021, the election of hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi as Iranian president, saying his rule would be a “regime of brutal hangmen.”
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in PoliticsIt took US President Joe Biden a month to call Israeli PM Netanyahu after the 2021 inauguration. How long did he wait before calling newly elected Israeli PM Naftali Bennett?
US President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Naftali Bennett only two hours after being sworn in on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Biden took a whole month before calling former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after his January 20, 2021, inauguration.
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in PoliticsWho is Yair Lapid?
Yair Lapid is a former Israeli TV star, finance minister, and the head of the centrist Yesh Atid party. He is currently Israel’s Alternate Prime Minister and its Minister of Foreign Affairs and is considered the political mastermind behind Benjamin Netanyahu’s loss of power. Under the coalition agreement with Naftali Bennet’s Rightist party, he will become…