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Gadi Eisenkot

Left: Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. Right: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on July 7, 2025. (Amir Cohen/Reuters, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Liberman accuses Eisenkot of seeking to form unity government with Likud: ‘He’s Gantz 2’
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
Yashar party chief calls on Israelis who want Netanyahu out to 'ignore the spin,' says he's working to secure 'more than 61 Zionist seats for change' in October 27 election
David Horovitz
Op-ed: Two weeks to election
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Unless the opposition steps up its game, Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, could yet survive this election
David Horovitz
Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a conference organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Tel Aviv, October 15, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
Liberman is risking another election to secure his right-wing political future
The Yisrael Beytenu chairman has ruled out a minority coalition dependent on Arab parties. He is banking on Likud defectors, but is actually erecting a roadblock for the center-left
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) arriving for court in Jerusalem, and Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot visiting the Nova music festival site. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 9:19 pm
ToI poll: Eisenkot’s party opens up big lead on Netanyahu’s, but both blocs short of majority
Zman Yisrael survey gives Jewish-led opposition bloc 54-49 lead, with Eisenkot’s Yashar 6 seats ahead of Likud; Channel 13 poll gives parties loyal to PM a one-seat edge
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers seen along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, September 6, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
October 15, 2026, 6:11 pm
Israel said blocking US firm from breaking ground on Gaza base for international force
COGAT claims Palestinian merchants halted coordination on shipment of goods due to Hamas intimidation, but Gaza truckers union says Israel made the decision
By Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian, AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Arab Israeli woman in the northern village of Maghar votes on November 1, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
October 15, 2026, 5:28 pm
Likud, Smotrich say they’ll put 2,000 activists at Arab polling stations on election day
Joint List chief decries ‘racist campaign’ after PM’s party and Religious Zionism cite unsubstantiated fraud claims; Eisenkot vows to end Hamas rule in Gaza in 18 months if elected
By Ariela Karmel, Stav Levaton and Jeremy Sharon
Women hold signs as they protest for women's equality, in Tel Aviv, on August 23, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
October 15, 2026, 5:01 pm
A record number of women are poised to enter the next Knesset
While the 2026 election largely ignores gender equality, structural changes in centrist parties and a grassroots ultra-Orthodox movement might be quietly shifting the political map
By Tal Schneider
Supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk alongside a bus displaying a campaign poster featuring his chief rival, Gadi Eisenkot, at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market, ahead of Israel’s general election, October 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 14, 2026, 5:42 am
Small parties hovering around minimum vote threshold could determine Israel’s election
While neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot-led opposition has clear path to majority, veteran pollster predicts PM’s bloc will face ‘more difficult test’ in turning out enough supporters
By Tomer Almagor
People of Israel party chairman Ofer Winter speaks at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 5:54 pm
‘Shooting us in the back’: Winter says Netanyahu to blame if his party fails to enter Knesset
Ex-general, who says he plans to back Netanyahu but has repeatedly tussled with him, lashes out after PM called him ‘fake right’; opposition’s Eisenkot, Golan also attack premier
By Stav Levaton and Ariela Karmel
Former prime minister and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 2:51 am
Bennett suggests Netanyahu could sit in future government, backtracks, says he wasn’t serious
In fresh round of bloc infighting, Eisenkot, Golan, Liberman categorically reject possibility of sitting in coalition with Likud leader, while Gantz is lone voice of support
By Shira Silkoff and Ariela Karmel
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
October 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 11 – A message to Eisenkot? Joint List vows to do ‘anything’ to oust Netanyahu
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses possible signaling from the Arab party to the opposition front-runner, and the positioning of Ofer Winter’s People of Israel party
By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel
Yousef Jabareen, chairman of the Joint List, attends the party’s Hebrew-language campaign launch event ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 1:07 am
Joint Arab List says it’s willing to provide safety net for any anti-Netanyahu coalition
But party to condition support on pathway to Palestinian state; Winter, Netanyahu trade barbs after ex-general says ‘I don’t work for anyone’; Gantz vows to stay in race despite poor polling
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 3:20 pm
‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations
Leaders of anti-Netanyahu bloc call on attorney general to investigate allegations Prime Minister’s Office tampered with records from Oct. 7 to cover up failures, lied to comptroller
By Leon Kraiem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on January 22, 2023. At right is his military secretary, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil. At left is his chief of staff Tzachi Braverman. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
October 9, 2026, 4:00 am
PM’s ex-military secretary: Netanyahu prioritized political survival when he could have saved hostages’ lives
In bombshell interview, Avi Gil, who was in post on Oct. 7, alleges PM’s chief of staff falsified his phone records from that day; PM issues denial; opposition leaders call for criminal probe
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) attends a security briefing during an IDF operation in Jenin on July 3, 2023. At left is IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and next to him is Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet is at center. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
October 8, 2026, 9:45 am
Before Oct. 7, Netanyahu was repeatedly told internal rift emboldening enemies – report
Top security officials, including Shin Bet and IDF chiefs, defense minister, said to have warned PM of danger from judicial overhaul chaos for months before Hamas onslaught, but he shrugged them off
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
People mark the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted, near Kibbutz Re'im, southern Israel, October 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
October 7, 2026, 4:55 pm
Israel marks 3 years since Oct. 7 with memorial ceremonies, anti-government protests
Bereaved families return to destroyed communities, sites of deadly battles; minute of silence held at noon; Dizengoff Square fountain dyed red; protesters gather at homes of ministers
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
October 6, 2026, 5:56 pm
Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
In an impassioned interview with The Times of Israel, the opposition frontrunner explains why he stayed in politics after his son was killed in Gaza, how he would safeguard Israel and return it to the community of nations, and why Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, must be sent home
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
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