Israel's opposition leaders responded to a Haaretz report that Netanyahu received an explicit warning from the UAE President that Hamas was planning a major operation. Eisenkot said the PM was unfit to serve, others called the revelations 'criminal'
Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel dismantled their centrist-right Zionist Home merger citing 'the complex political reality.' Eisenkot refused to invite Hendel to merge with the Yashar party and also added social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler to his slate
The decision will now go to a ministerial committee headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that will decide whether Yashar leader Eisenkot will receive a Shin Bet protection detail. Democrats party leader Yair Golan will not receive a security detail
The bloc led by Eisenkot would win 59 seats, compared with 51 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc. The Arab parties – polled prior to the announcement of a joint list – would win 10 seats combined
It's not just Minister Dudi Amsalem who opposes Netanyahu. The Likud primaries are shaking the party like a Super El Niño. Gilad Erdan is playing the bad boy. And does Avigdor Lieberman plan to blackmail Eisenkot into a rotation?
At the Yashar party's campaign launch, Eisenkot accused the leadership of refusing 'to take responsibility for its failures, even at the risk that failing to investigate them could lead to their recurrence,' and pledged a state commission of inquiry into October 7
Netanyahu believes there's no point in setting a strategy. Eisenkot, as an IDF chief of staff, issued a security doctrine for the military, even though this is clearly the prime minister's job. He's the leader we deserve
According to sources close to Lapid, the former PM said his personal position on the list is 'far less important than the need to unite forces and win the election.' Bennett and Lapid invited Eisenkot, to join their merged party, announced Sunday
In an August interview, Eisenkot said the Netanyahu government's 'political cowardice' caused the death of his son in December 2023. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said that he hopes to form a government with Bennett and said the two are in regular touch
MK Gadi Eisenkot reportedly expressed dissatisfaction with how the National Unity party's primaries are being run. Political sources indicate that Yair Lapid may offer Eisenkot a position on the Yesh Atid list and a role in the party's leadership
Netanyahu knows that reaching a cease-fire agreement with Hamas could be a death sentence for his government, so it is time for Gantz and Eisenkot to make true on their promises to bring the hostages home and facilitate a deal
Centrist ministers Gantz and Eisenkot push for a deal to release remaining hostages in Gaza, but Netanyahu and Gallant caution against a cease-fire before eradicating Hamas. Meanwhile, Qatar and Egypt struggle to bridge differences in negotiations with Hamas