Gadi Eisenkot
With new players and old alliances, Israel’s post-October 7 political map takes shape
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Two significant political developments played out this week as Israel moves towards elections. Gadi Eisenkot and Yonatan Shamriz took the reflectors with key announcements.
Israel's Opposition hits 61 seat majority for first time in months - poll
Could Bennett, Lapid, and Eisenkot topple Netanyahu in Israel's next election? - analysis
Gadi Eisenkot pushing for unified list with Bennett, Lapid to rival Netanyahu's Likud
Benny Gantz fails to cross threshold, Yossi Cohen, Yoaz Hendel to upend Knesset balance
Polls conducted by Maariv and Channel 12 found that Benny Gantz's Blue and White Party will fail to pass the threshold while the Religious Zionist Party is just at the edge.
Liberman looks to set 'guiding principles' for next gov't with Bennett, Eisenkot
Liberman requested that the meeting be held “as soon as possible” to allow for the formulation of the guiding principles.
Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of buying time in Gaza, says gov't 'unworthy' of fallen son Gal
Eisenkot said in an interview for KAN Reshet Bet that "the coalition's primal fear is losing its seats," and that "history will judge them for this."
Gantz's party fails to pass threshold, Bennett takes lead - poll
Despite Blue and White’s decline, the opposition bloc strengthened, rising to 61 Knesset seats compared to 48 for the coalition.
Gov’t ministers, coalition MKs condemn nationwide protests, opposition affirms support
President Isaac Herzog spoke at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, where he said, "There is not a single Israeli who does not want the hostages home."
Eisenkot’s party surges in new poll, Likud sees slight drop as opposition bloc holds lead - poll
Because most of the votes Eisenkot received were not at the expense of the coalition, there was no change in the overall balance of blocs.
New poll shows Bennett-led opposition could oust coalition
The survey shows the current coalition receiving 49 seats, compared to 61 for the opposition bloc led by Bennett, while Gantz's Blue and White party is expected to be just above the threshold.
After Eisenkot exodus, another lawmaker leaves Gantz's Blue and White party
MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen announced her resignation from Blue and White on Thursday, intending to join MK Gadi Eisenkot.
Netanyahu's Likud to remove Edelstein from key committee over haredi draft fallout
A replacement for Edelstein on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee may be willing to make concessions that Edelstein was not willing to make, thus allowing the bill to proceed.
Giora Epstein, IAF's top ace and most decorated pilot, passes away at 87
Epstein was also the man who activated the sirens across Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973, when the IAF detected takeoffs from Syrian and Egyptian air force bases.
