Gadi Eisenkot

If the political elite keep performing for cameras, Israel will never be able to heal - editorial

Since October 7, opposition figures have argued that they would have governed, prepared, and responded better than Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition.

A VIEW of Kibbutz Be’eri shows a destroyed home from a world left behind on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists, Palestinian civilians, UNWRA workers, and media members infiltrated Gaza border communities and massacred 1,200 people.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at the Knesset on the day of US President Donald Trump's address, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.

Lapid rejects Democrats merger, says divide with Yair Golan mirrors gap with Netanyahu

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) mob flips police car while chasing female soldiers in Bnei Brak, February 15, 2026.

WATCH: Israel Police rescue two female IDF soldiers chased by ultra-Orthodox mob in Bnei Brak

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Grapevine: SOS from Jerusalem


Knesset election dynamics largely unchanged despite Shas, UTJ leaving gov't, N12 poll finds

Israel's Channel 12 conducted a poll on general election scenarios following the Sephardi-haredi Shas Party's Wednesday announcement that they are leaving the coalition.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a Knesset debate, July 14, 2025; illustrative.

Needed in Washington: A change in the script - comment

Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump must yield a productive and courageous decision to change the face of the current conflict.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in the White House.

Could Gadi Eisenkot succeed Netanyahu as Israel’s next leader? - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Eisenkot may emerge as Israel’s next leader because he has become a symbol of Middle Israel’s agonies, having lost, in the current war, a son and a nephew.

 GADI EISENKOT after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv.

Eisenkot walks out, Gantz leans in - and bets on compromise - analysis

Gadi Eisenkot's dramatic exit forces Israeli politics to choose between confrontational alliances to defeat Netanyahu or Gantz's revolutionary pivot toward compromise.

 National Unity MKs Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot speak in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, March 24, 2025

National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot formally resigns from Knesset

"I have seen greatness in serving the people," he wrote. "I will act with faith and commitment to creating a leadership alternative worthy of the State of Israel."

 MK Gadi Eisenkot seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 30, 2025.

Eisenkot's exit: Reflective of Israel's antiquated politics that need to change - editorial

While that setup may serve the party leader well, it weakens and dilutes democracy by reducing transparency, participation, competition, and accountability.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

Eisenkot hazy on National Unity exit, vows to create Zionist democratic bloc in address

"They said there are ideological gaps, I don't recognize that," he said, contradicting Gantz's explanation, which stated that there were "significant ideological differences."

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

After Eisenkot, Matan Kahana also announces exit from Gantz's party

Kahana's exit follows Gadi Eisenkot's Monday announcement that he would be leaving National Unity and resigning from the Knesset.

 MK Matan Kahana attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 7, 2025.

Eisenkot announces split from Gantz's National Unity party

“Member of Knesset Lt. Gen. (res.) Gadi Eisenkot informed National Unity Party chairman Benny Gantz of his intention to leave the party and return his mandate to it,” the party said.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 24, 2024.

MK Gadi Eisenkot announces split from Gantz's National Unity party

Eisenkot reportedly said the party's primaries "do not reflect the principles of democratization that I believe are necessary for a ruling party."

 (L-R) National Unity party head Benny Gantz and party member Gadi Eisenkot.