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Israel: Former Army Chief Is the Candidate Who Threatens to Defeat Netanyahu in October Elections

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In a short space of time, former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot appears to be emerging as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most dangerous opponent ahead of the October 27 parliamentary elections. His centrist party, “Yasar!” (“Straight!”) — which he founded just last year — aspires to express Israelis’ growing dissatisfaction with Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, as well as his stance on the war in Gaza that foll…

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The general elections in Israel will, it seems, be held on 27 October next. A little over two months, already marked by an intense electoral campaign. The essential question is whether ...

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On 27 October, Israel will hold general elections. Again, as is the case since the occupation begun in 1967, millions of Palestinians from the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza will not participate in the State elections that for almost six decades has exercised different degrees of control over their territories. Israel is defined as the “only democracy in the Middle East.” However, if Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories are consid…

Almost three years after the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, Israel will again vote in a national election that will function as a political balance sheet of the war. On October 27, the electorate will not only define whether Benjamin Netanyahu is still at the head of the government, but it will also have to assess the course taken since that attack, which triggered the offensive on Gaza and subsequent clashes with Hezbollah and Iran. Netanyahu…

In a short space of time, former Israeli army chief Gadi Eisenkot appears to be emerging as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most dangerous opponent ahead of the October 27 parliamentary elections. His centrist party, “Yasar!” (“Straight!”) — which he founded just last year — aspires to express Israelis’ growing dissatisfaction with Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, as well as his stance on the war in Gaza that foll…

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www.ertnews.gr broke the news on Sunday, August 23, 2026.
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