Last August, during a campaign in a synagogue in southern Israel, Gadi Eisenkot was asked about his position on a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians. Eisenkot is the opposition candidate with the most options to succeed Binyamin Netanyahu after the elections on 27 October. A neophyte politician, career military and former chief of staff. Short of charisma and talent as a speaker, but with an aura of integrity and pragmatism that not…
Last August, during a campaign in a synagogue in southern Israel, Gadi Eisenkot was asked about his position on a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians. Eisenkot is the opposition candidate with the most options to succeed Binyamin Netanyahu after the elections on 27 October. A neophyte politician, career military and former chief of staff. Short of charisma and talent as a speaker, but with an aura of integrity and pragmatism that not…