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
Gallant's Washington trip hopes to stop US arms embargo, senior IDF general says
IDF Maj.-Gen. Nimrod Shafer on 103FM: Yoav Gallant aims to avert US arms embargo on Israel; notes Rafah operation won't happen if the US says not to do it.
Tens of thousands protest Netanyahu government, call for elections
Across the different protests, speakers denounced not only the members of the governing coalition, but also those who sit in the opposition or are seen as checks on Netanyahu in the war cabinet.
IDF's October 7 probe looks to the past: Will it implicate Benjamin Netanyahu?
The report could have potential implications for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and could give a free pass to war minister Benny Gantz.
Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum
Former prime minister, Ehud Barak, explains Netanyahu's failures since the beginning of the war and calls both the voters and Lapid, Gantz, and Eisenkot to call for early elections.
Gantz, Eisenkot present plan to include haredim, Arab-Israelis in military or national service
The presentation coincided with a hearing in the Supreme Court about the legality of the haredi exemption from IDF service.
Haredim should join the IDF, but coercion will not work, Shas source says
According to the source, there are many young haredi men who are not studying in yeshivot, and can provide much needed manpower for the IDF without it even having to draft yeshiva students.
Hostages' families, Gadi Eisenkot berate MKs calling to resettle Gaza
Merav Leshem-Gonen, mother of Romi Gonen, who is also being held hostage in Gaza, said that the calls to "transfer" the Gazan population at the conference were "shocking."
Likud under Barkat would win more seats than with Netanyahu - poll
If elections were held today, the Likud Party would win only 16 seats, losing ground to Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party with 37 seats, a new Channel 13 poll showed yesterday.
Benny Gantz's faction shows cracks as Israel's war gov't in danger of collapse
The different opinions in Benny Gantz's National Unity party have ministers Gadi Eisenkot and Chili Tropper on one hand and Gideon Sa'ar on the other.
Gaza war reveal sacrifices only Israel ever makes - editorial
“Only in small and Zionist Israel is this possible: a father who makes decisions that mean risking his son, and a son who leaves everything and goes out to fight for his country."
