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.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen with Gadi Eisenkot during a march in support of the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF, from the entrance of Jerusalem to the Knesset, January 15, 2026
Opposition head Yair Lapid arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court on a petition against the transfer of funds to ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, January 8, 2026

Israel's Opposition hits 61 seat majority for first time in months - poll

Gadi Eisenkot and Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid seen on November 1, 2025

Could Bennett, Lapid, and Eisenkot topple Netanyahu in Israel's next election? - analysis

Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot embrace at draft law protests in Jerusalem on January 15, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot pushing for unified list with Bennett, Lapid to rival Netanyahu's Likud


'Staying in government means betraying soldiers,' Former IDF chief Eisenkot says

Eisenkot criticized Netanyahu's leadership, stating that the Prime Minister's actions have harmed the war's objectives

 Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.

Loss of Gantz and Eisenkot's moderate voices destabilizes already fragile government - editorial

Gantz understood: The government failed every single hostage taken on October 7 and has failed them and their families every day since by not bringing forth a deal.

 Benny Gantz

'This is exactly what Sinwar, Nasrallah, and Iran were aiming for': MKs react to Gantz's gov. exit

Opposition leaders, including Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, welcomed the decision, while Labor leader Yair Golan criticized the timing, calling it too late of a decision.

Benny Gantz at speech resigning from Israeli government on June 9, 2024.

Letters to the Editor, June 3, 2024: Historical factors

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Exasperation increases in National Unity party - analysis

As their frustration grew, Biton’s comments may have revealed the party’s position—its departure could indeed come “soon.” 

National Unity MK Michael Biton leads a meeting to fight against road homicide,  halting the increase in accidents and formulating a national road safety plan, at the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 26, 2021.

Ministers Gantz, Eizenkot wanted immediate counterattack on Iran - report

The Prime Minister’s Office denied this report, calling it “the opposite of the truth.” 

 Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

'It's time for some soul-searching': Moshe Ya'alon calls on Gantz, Eisenkot to quit cabinet

“Half a year into a crisis with no end, when the only accomplishment of this government of messianists, draft-dodgers, and crooks, is its own survival," he wrote, "it’s time for soul-searching."

 FROM LEFT: Moshe Ya'alon, Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz, and Israeli Minister Gadi Eisenkot.

Liberman lambasts Israel's cabinet: This is not how to run a war

In a fiery interview, MK Liberman criticized the conduct of the war cabinet, claiming that members are engaging in struggles for power and ego.

The government has reached exhaustion," Liberman said.

Destroy Hamas, strengthen Saudi ties: Eisenkot's vision for post-war Israel

Eisenkot asked for the outline to be formed after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published his plan for after the war.

 Gadi Eisenkot attends a discussion at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 22, 2022

Netanyahu rejected Gaza deal outline before meeting hostage families - report

As families worry about the fate of their loved ones, N12 reported that Netanyahu was presented with a framework for a deal but rejected it.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister without Portfolio Benny Gantz hold a news conference in Tel Aviv, in November.