Gadi Eisenkot

Could Bennett, Lapid, and Eisenkot topple Netanyahu in Israel's next election? - analysis

Eisenkot has proposed creating a unified list for the upcoming elections with former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition leader Yair Lapid.

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Gadi Eisenkot and Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid seen on November 1, 2025
Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot embrace at draft law protests in Jerusalem on January 15, 2026.

Gadi Eisenkot pushing for unified list with Bennett, Lapid to rival Netanyahu's Likud

Eisenkot’s office confirmed his proposal to the rival party leaders to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, after it was initially reported on N12. 

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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.

Gadi Eisenkot: Netanyahu ceded Gaza security, IDF must return to fighting

“Two years and a quarter after the start of the war, the military achievements were not translated into a diplomatic outcome,” Eisenkot said.

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A man lights a cigarette with fire from a burning picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Israelis rally in support of the nationwide protests happening in Iran, in Holon, Israel, January 14, 2026.

Majority of Israelis favor joint US-Israel action against Iran - poll

The responses were divided into those who support Israel joining the attack only if Iran first attacked or prepared to attack (29%) and those who would support Israeli participation regardless (44%).

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IDF's October 7 probe looks to the past: Will it implicate Benjamin Netanyahu?

The report could have potential implications for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and could give a free pass to war minister Benny Gantz.

MARCH 7, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, holds a security assessment in Tel Aviv.

Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum

Former prime minister, Ehud Barak, explains Netanyahu's failures since the beginning of the war and calls both the voters and Lapid, Gantz, and Eisenkot to call for early elections.

MARCH 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ehud Barak addresses a protest against the government.

Gantz, Eisenkot present plan to include haredim, Arab-Israelis in military or national service

The presentation coincided with a hearing in the Supreme Court about the legality of the haredi exemption from IDF service.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MINISTER-WITHOUT-PORTFOLIO Benny Gantz attends a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, in December. Gantz is undoubtedly one of the most responsible politicians in Israel; for him, the State of Israel is truly above all, the writer maintains.

Haredim should join the IDF, but coercion will not work, Shas source says

According to the source, there are many young haredi men who are not studying in yeshivot, and can provide much needed manpower for the IDF without it even having to draft yeshiva students.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk outside the army recrutiment office in Jerusalem, August 16, 2023

Hostages' families, Gadi Eisenkot berate MKs calling to resettle Gaza

Merav Leshem-Gonen, mother of Romi Gonen, who is also being held hostage in Gaza, said that the calls to "transfer" the Gazan population at the conference were "shocking."

JANUARY 29, 2024ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gadi Eisenkot attends a discussion at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 22, 2022

Likud under Barkat would win more seats than with Netanyahu - poll

If elections were held today, the Likud Party would win only 16 seats, losing ground to Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party with 37 seats, a new Channel 13 poll showed yesterday. 

JANUARY 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ECONOMY MINISTER Nir Barkat confers with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Seeking the prime ministership, Barkat in recent weeks has been in an intensive campaign to brand himself as a true right-wing leader.

Benny Gantz's faction shows cracks as Israel's war gov't in danger of collapse

The different opinions in Benny Gantz's National Unity party have ministers Gadi Eisenkot and Chili Tropper on one hand and Gideon Sa'ar on the other.

JANUARY 21, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
National Unity leader Unity Benny Gantz and MK Gadi Eisenkot meet with farmers and hear about the topic of "protection," October 3, 2023

Gaza war reveal sacrifices only Israel ever makes - editorial

“Only in small and Zionist Israel is this possible: a father who makes decisions that mean risking his son, and a son who leaves everything and goes out to fight for his country."

DECEMBER 10, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.

'He united everyone around him': Thousands attend funeral of Gal Eisenkot

Gal Meir Eisenkot, the son of former chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, fell in battle in Gaza on Thursday.

DECEMBER 8, 2023ByTAL SHALEV/WALLA
Family, friends and officials attend the funeral of Master Sgt. (res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, son of war cabinet minister Minister Gadi Eisenkot in Herzliya on December 8, 2023

Israel's Knesset unites in mourning for minister Eisenkot's fallen son

"We are crying with you, and we are embracing you," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "Gal was a brave soldier and a real hero."

DECEMBER 7, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.