Who is Gadi Eisenkot, and can he unseat Benjamin Netanyahu? Ahead of Israel’s October election, former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya

Who is Gadi Eisenkot, and can he unseat Benjamin Netanyahu? Ahead of Israel’s October election, former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest challengers. After leaving the war cabinet in 2024, Eisenkot launched the Yashar party, which has been polling close to Netanyahu’s Likud.