Keren Terner had served as director-general of the Communications Ministry, and Liran Avisar Ben Horin served as director-general of both the Finance and Transportation Ministries.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday unveiled the first two candidates to join his party’s list in the upcoming elections, naming former government directors-general Keren Terner and Liran Avisar Ben Horin.
His party, Bennett 2026, has been trailing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in recent polls ahead of elections expected no later than the end of October. Terner and Ben Horin are the first members of his party to be publicly announced.
Terner had served as director-general of the Communications Ministry, and Ben Horin served as director-general of both the Finance and Transportation Ministries.
Bennett said that Sunday marked the day he was beginning to unveil “Israel’s repair team, the best and most professional people in the country.”
He added that the two are among the most professional, experienced, and successful managers in Israel.”
Bennett’s 'Repairing Israel' project
“Both have successfully led major reforms in the economy, transportation, and communications, and they will do so again, on an even larger scale. Israel is stuck and poorly managed, and we don’t have time. With Liran, Keren, and the rest of our team, we will deliver the fastest turnaround Israel has ever seen,” Bennett stated.
The party stated that over the past year and a half, Ben Horin has been leading Bennett’s “Repairing Israel” project.
The project is described as a large-scale initiative to create foundational reforms, involving experts from Israel and abroad, senior figures in the Israeli economy, former senior public servants, and academics from Israel and the US.
“Over the past two years, I’ve led, together with Bennett, a project on a scale no political party has ever undertaken; we built a comprehensive plan to repair Israel,” Ben Horin stated.
“Alongside top professionals from Israel and around the world, we developed practical work plans to rehabilitate the country in every field. We are ready to get to work on day one of a Bennett-led government and start delivering for you,” she added.