Who Is Gadi Eisenkot? Ex-Army Chief of Israel Is Netanyahu's Biggest Challenger in PM Race
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Former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot emerges as Netanyahu’s leading election challenger
A decorated former Israeli army chief has emerged as a leading election challenger after serving in the war cabinet and suffering devastating personal losses following the Oct. 7 attacks.
Gadi Eisenkot’s life changed radically on October 7, 2023. Like many Israelis, Hamas’ attacks transformed his routines, his environment, his tranquility and even his families. They also impacted his futures. The former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Army lived all that metamorphosis in his own skin and, today, he continues to experience it. Following the massacres, Eisenkot joined the war cabinet led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Two mont…
Israel will vote on Tuesday in its first parliamentary elections since Hamas launched a large-scale terror attack on Israel and the subsequent destruction of Gaza. Even more recent in memory are the military actions against Iran and Iran's retaliatory missile strikes on Israel. The vote is a measure of how Israelis assess Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the situation. The opposition does not oppose Israel's military actions in Ga…
Eisenkot (66), the army chief of staff from 2015 to 2019, has pledged to unite Israelis if he defeats Netanyahu, who has deepened divisions and shifted the country sharply to the right.
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