Benjamin Netanyahu

Eisenkot demands security briefings from Netanyahu, urges PM's restraint in military decisions

Amid reports of renewed tensions between Netanyahu and the IDF chief over Iran, Eisenkot demanded restraint and regular security briefings during the caretaker government period.

Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot
MK Limor Son Har-Melech reacts during a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 5, 2024; illustrative.

Otzma Yehudit submits bill to repeal Oslo Accords, retake control of Areas A and B

An election campaign poster featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside US President Donald Trump is displayed on a bus in Jerusalem, October 25, 2026

Netanyahu's 1996 promise to end US aid to Israel fulfilled after 30 years, PMO claims

Members of Knesset vote in the organizing committee on November 11, 2026.

Eisenkot-led bloc secures key Knesset committee posts, Liberman to head key defense panel


Israel risks losing control of electricity, water, healthcare to foreign AI firms, official warns

Israel's AI chief Erez Askal said Israel must dash forward to develop its own AI capabilities and data centers to support those capabilities, so that it retains its independence.

Israel's AI Chief, Brig.-Gen. Erez Askal at Tel Aviv University's AI Week conference.

US prepares to deploy 250 foreign troops in Gaza as Israel opposes Turkish involvement

Foreign military officers, accompanied by US troops, have been spotted near Gaza as preparations advance for a multinational force, with Israel authorizing an initial deployment of 250 soldiers.

Turkish charities operating in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2025

Eisenkot looks to haredim to help unseat Knesset speaker, Netanyahu bloc 'hopes for a miracle'

Shaked, Liberman reportedly meet amid coalition negotiations • Shas waiting for UTJ to take first step toward Eisenkot • A-G Baharav-Miara says no evidence of foreign election interference

MK Avigdor Liberman and MK Gadi Eisenkot at a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, September 9, 2024

Eisenkot, Netanyahu have 'very similar views,' Trump says, suggests both would support him

"I guess he said very nice things about me. He says he loves Trump, but I don’t know. I haven’t seen what’s happening,” the president added, referring to Eisenkot.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 8, 2026.

Israel’s politicians must put national unity before personal ambition - opinion

What remains to be seen is whether our political leaders have the courage to put the country and national responsibility before personal ambition and ego.

Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot

Herzog’s call for unity exposes the contradictions of Israel’s political leadership - opinion

As Netanyahu and Eisenkot struggle to form a coalition, the prospect of another election looms over Israel’s political future.

President Isaac Herzog presents the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism to six passengers who acted heroically aboard a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on September 30, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, October 8, 2026.

Netanyahu is not Thatcher, but both faced the same problem: When to leave - opinion

War has often been used as a politician’s device – either to distract from internal issues or to hope the public will not want to change leaders at a time of uncertainty.

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370

'Boaz Balet is a fraud': Ben-Gvir slams head of police investigations over election probe

Ben-Gvir criticized Maj.-Gen. Boaz Balet, head of the Israel Police Investigations, following reports that Balet had prohibited police from transferring materials to Shin Bet for the election probe.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, alongside members of his party, at the party’s election headquarters in Modiin, on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.

‘No good options’: Iran war caught between Trump's midterm troubles, Israel's election shake-up

A broader offensive, continued pressure, negotiated compromise, or a limited strike are potential options, according to Raz Zimmt, director of the Iran and the Shiite Axis research program at INSS.

A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026.

Eisenkot has the mandate, but Liberman and the haredim hold the keys to power - analysis

The disagreements among potential coalition partners are so deep that Herzog himself sought clarification over the weekend on how Eisenkot intends to overcome them.

MK Avigdor Liberman and MK Gadi Eisenkot at a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, September 9, 2024