Gadi Eisenkot

Middle Israel: If Israel's opposition wants to govern, they should rally behind Eisenkot - opinion

With Eisenkot emerging as the opposition's strongest electoral asset, its rival leaders should stop competing for the top spot and instead present voters with a united shadow cabinet.

LT.-GEN. (RET.) GADI EISENKOT lost a son and two nephews to Israel’s wars, making him a potent symbol of what the IDF-serving population has endured while ultra-Orthodox leaders attempt to ‘etch non-service in constitutional stone,’ the author contends.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.

Eisenkot keeps top, gains support for PM role as uncertainty grows in security, politics - poll

Naftali Bennett

Bennett has ‘no strategy, no narrative’ as Eisenkot surges in polls, political adviser says

Israel Zari and Gadi Eisenkot in a party announcement posted on August 4, 2026.

‘Young, courageous leader’: Ramat Gan's first openly gay elected official joins Eisenkot's Yashar


Eisenkot demands police launch probe into politically motivated assault of Yashar! party activist

“Violence of this kind, 84 days before election day, could be a grave indication of what awaits us during this period and cannot be tolerated,” Eisenkot wrote.

Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026

Yashar Party activist attacked while attempting to remove Yigal Amir protest sign from bridge

Footage of the incident shows several protesters surrounding and attacking the Yashar Party activist after he tried to take down a sign calling for Yigal Amir's release.

Yigal Amir

Liberman urges opposition to focus on Netanyahu government collapse rather than leadership fights

His comments came after Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot stated that leaders of smaller parties in the opposition bloc should not insist on seeking the premiership.

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.

Eisenkot, Likud clash over BoP framework for Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal from Gaza

Earlier on Friday, a diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post that the IDF will not withdraw from its current Yellow Line position in Gaza prior to Hamas's full disarmament.

Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026.

Eisenkot election billboard in Cyprus vandalized with Palestinian flag colors

The vandalism came days after Eisenkot's campaign billboards sparked debate in Cyprus over foreign political advertising and the island's growing Israeli presence.

Knesset candidate and former IDF Cheif of Staff Gadi Eisenkot election billboard in Cyprus vandalized with Palestinian flag colors, July 31, 2026.

My Word: 'Wholocide' is 'libelocide' - opinion

In a world under constant threat of global jihad, blaming the Jews remains reliable and familiar. The real genocide has been either ignored or accepted.

A MAN carries a placard during a pro-Palestinian rally calling on Britain’s incoming prime minister, Andy Burnham, to stand up for Gazans, in London earlier this month.

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu by 10 points, Likud gains two seats in latest election poll

A Maariv poll found that Likud rose to 22 seats, while Benny Gantz, Ayelet Shaked, Yuli Edelstein, and Dedi Simchi could win four seats with a new party.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

Editor's Notes: The argument splitting religious-Zionist households before Israel’s election

Israel elects 120 members of Knesset by proportional representation; nobody has ever won a majority, 61 is the only number that counts.

Photo illustration | Potential center-right political players Dedi Simchi, Ayelet Shaked, Yoaz Hendel, Gilad Erdan, Ofer Winter, Benny Gantz and Yuli Edelstein.

Eisenkot threatens legal action over AI video of Netanyahu, Trump mocking him in Hebrew

"We regret that instead of focusing on securing important diplomatic achievements, you chose, once again, to exploit the occasion to spread poison and venom," the letter from Eisenkot's team said.

Former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar Party.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll

According to the poll, if elections were held today, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot would each lead with 23 seats, an increase of two seats for each compared with the previous poll.

Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.