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


Loss of Gantz and Eisenkot's moderate voices destabilizes already fragile government - editorial

Gantz understood: The government failed every single hostage taken on October 7 and has failed them and their families every day since by not bringing forth a deal.

 Benny Gantz

'This is exactly what Sinwar, Nasrallah, and Iran were aiming for': MKs react to Gantz's gov. exit

Opposition leaders, including Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, welcomed the decision, while Labor leader Yair Golan criticized the timing, calling it too late of a decision.

Benny Gantz at speech resigning from Israeli government on June 9, 2024.

Letters to the Editor, June 3, 2024: Historical factors

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Exasperation increases in National Unity party - analysis

As their frustration grew, Biton’s comments may have revealed the party’s position—its departure could indeed come “soon.” 

National Unity MK Michael Biton leads a meeting to fight against road homicide,  halting the increase in accidents and formulating a national road safety plan, at the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 26, 2021.

Ministers Gantz, Eizenkot wanted immediate counterattack on Iran - report

The Prime Minister’s Office denied this report, calling it “the opposite of the truth.” 

 Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

'It's time for some soul-searching': Moshe Ya'alon calls on Gantz, Eisenkot to quit cabinet

“Half a year into a crisis with no end, when the only accomplishment of this government of messianists, draft-dodgers, and crooks, is its own survival," he wrote, "it’s time for soul-searching."

 FROM LEFT: Moshe Ya'alon, Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz, and Israeli Minister Gadi Eisenkot.

Liberman lambasts Israel's cabinet: This is not how to run a war

In a fiery interview, MK Liberman criticized the conduct of the war cabinet, claiming that members are engaging in struggles for power and ego.

The government has reached exhaustion," Liberman said.

Destroy Hamas, strengthen Saudi ties: Eisenkot's vision for post-war Israel

Eisenkot asked for the outline to be formed after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published his plan for after the war.

 Gadi Eisenkot attends a discussion at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 22, 2022

Netanyahu rejected Gaza deal outline before meeting hostage families - report

As families worry about the fate of their loved ones, N12 reported that Netanyahu was presented with a framework for a deal but rejected it.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Minister without Portfolio Benny Gantz hold a news conference in Tel Aviv, in November.

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.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin