Contrary to earlier reports that Bennett simply misspoke when vowing to “maintain the rights of worship for all” at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, new reports allege that it was actually Foreign Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid who pressured Bennett to reverse course.
WATCH: Lapid calls the shots, told Bennett to retract statement on Temple Mount
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (r) and Alternate PM Yair Lapid seen during the swearing in of the new Israeli government at the Knesset, June 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)