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Yashar! With Eisenkot Party

Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot (center) along with Zionist Home leader Chili Tropper (second from right) and candidates Shira Shapira, Elyasaf Peretz and Shlomi Yehiav, in a photo published on September 6, 2026, following a political merger. (Yahav Trodler/Yashar)
September 6, 2026, 8:39 pm
Ditching Hendel, Zionist Home chair Chili Tropper merges party into Eisenkot’s Yashar
Israel Prize laureate Adi Altschuler also joins Yashar, tapped as candidate for education minister; Ben Gvir publishes Otzma Yehudit slate, prompting disgruntled MK to resign
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Yesh Atid’s 2026 slate (top row, left to right): 1. Yair Lapid, 2. Merav Ben Ari, 3. Noam Tibon, 4. Meirav Cohen, 5. Ram Ben Barak; (middle row) 6. Naor Shiri, 7. Vladimir Beliak, 8. Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, 9. Yasmin Sacks-Fridman, 10. Neta Attias; (bottom row) 11. Moshe Turpaz, 12. Simon Davidson, 13. Shelly Tal Meron, 14. Roni Fantanesh Malkai, 15. Mati Sarfatti Harcavi. (Yahav Trudler)
September 5, 2026, 10:28 pm
Lapid unveils Yesh Atid lineup for B’Yachad electoral slate
Merav Ben-Ari, Noam Tibon, Meirav Cohen and Ram Ben Barak lead party’s list; Yesh Atid gets 4 of joint ticket’s top 10 spots
By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a cadets graduation ceremony at the IDF's officers school in southern Israel, known as Bahad 1, March 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 3, 2026, 4:14 pm
‘Unfathomable’: PM slammed over news he waited 3 hours to speak with IDF chief on Oct. 7
‘Our brothers and sisters were still alive,’ fumes October Council, after public broadcaster says Netanyahu didn’t talk to Herzi Halevi until 9:45 a.m., as massacres were unfolding
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg presides over a hearing at the High Court of Justice on petitions against the law freezing arrests, investigations, and enforcement measures against Haredi draft evaders, July 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2026, 10:30 am
Election czar seeks clarification on party leaders’ requests for security protection
CEC chair Sohlberg asks National Security Council to determine who is responsible for assessing inquiries from non-MK party leaders and to set out clear criteria on the matter
By ToI Staff
Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks at an agriculture-focused election campaign conference at the Drom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel on July 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 27, 2026, 4:05 pm
Eisenkot says two-state solution ‘delusional’ post-Oct. 7, but E1 settlement plan a ‘mistake’
Yashar party chief, leading in election polls, blasts Smotrich and Ben Gvir for spiraling settler violence, says IDF has ‘lost control’ in West Bank
By ToI Staff
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, at a campaign conference of at the Darom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel, July 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 11:45 pm
Spyware reportedly found on phones of 2 senior Eisenkot campaign officials
Malware, including wiretapping software, reportedly found during daily cybersecurity check at opposition Yashar party headquarters
By ToI Staff
Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern (left) shakes hands with Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot, in an image published on August 24, 2026. (Gadi Eisenkot/X)
August 24, 2026, 11:32 am
Former Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern makes widely expected jump to Eisenkot’s Yashar
Eisenkot praises ex-IDF manpower chief as ‘outspoken voice for universal service’; Stern says he strives for society ‘where everyone takes part and bears responsibility for its future’
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet chief David Zini (left) at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026, (L) and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot at a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 24, 2026, 9:20 am
Shin Bet head told Eisenkot to call emergency hotline ‘if something happens’ – report
As agency denies armed detail for leading opposition candidate, Netanyahu said to tell Zini to provide Yashar party leader with ‘adequate’ security ‘as needed’
By ToI Staff
Head of the Yashar party Gadi Eisenkott attends the Sagi laws for equality conference at the Peres center in Tel Aviv. July 12, 2026. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
August 23, 2026, 6:46 pm
Elections committee chair says Shin Bet has no intel on efforts to harm Eisenkot
Sohlberg says elections panel has no authority over matter after Zini denies Yashar party request to provide security for candidate who is leading in most polls
By Michael Horovitz
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot, at a campaign conference of at the Darom HaSharon Regional Council building in central Israel, July 27, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 22, 2026, 11:43 pm
Shin Bet chief rejects armed security detail for election frontrunner Eisenkot — reports
Agency to provide intelligence assistance instead; Yashar campaign alleges political motives, says threat to former IDF chief is growing as election heats up
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks as former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot looks on during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 2:38 am
ToI poll shows Bennett gaining ground at Eisenkot’s expense, but deadlock persists
Zman Yisrael survey shows Yashar slipping to 23 seats while Likud remains at 21, suggesting Netanyahu party’s primary election this week didn’t have any significant impact on the race
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman tours a US- and Israeli-run facility located near the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, which is expected to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. (Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:45 pm
Liberman rules out participation in minority government floated by Eisenkot
Hawkish opposition MK says his party ‘won’t be there’ if the Yashar chair cobbles together a coalition with fewer than 61 seats that relies on external support
By ToI Staff
Political correspondent Tal Schneider appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
August 16, 2026, 1:54 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: Who gets in? Likud candidates face a high-stakes primary
Political correspondent Tal Schneider previews Monday’s vote on the makeup of (part of) Likud’s Knesset slate, and covers the latest election polls and ceasefire violations in Lebanon and Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Tal Schneider
MK Elazar Stern speaks during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 2:46 pm
MK Elazar Stern announces Yesh Atid exit ahead of likely run with Eisenkot
Lawmaker says will he continue to collaborate with Lapid’s party ‘if I remain in politics’; he is the second Knesset member in recent days to quit Yesh Atid
By ToI Staff
L: Yashar party chair Gadi Eisenkot, on November 1, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90) R: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 2:07 am
Eisenkot opens up a lead on Netanyahu in new ToI poll, but both blocs shy of majority
Yashar’s margin over Likud grows to 4 seats in Zman Yisrael survey; Shin Bet said weighing armed bodyguards for Eisenkot, who Lapid declines to say if his party will endorse for PM
By ToI Staff
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