Gadi Eisenkot
October 7 haunts Netanyahu's election campaign, but his bloc holds its ground
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Despite painful October 7 commemorations, Netanyahu's bloc holds steady in polls as both sides clash over security failures, military achievements, and the flydubai incident.
Coalition, opposition tie at 52 seats as Netanyahu's Likud gets closer to Eisenkot's Yashar - poll
Opposition calls on A-G to take legal action against PM, Likud attacks Gil over Oct 7 interview
October 7 reshaped Israel, but its political blocs remain entrenched
No. 47: Yair Golan and Gilad Kariv: Reviving Israel’s fractured Left
Golan and Kariv's role leading the Democrats party positions them as leaders of Israel's main left-wing party, opposing Netanyahu's right-wing government.
Bennett-Liberman, Eisenkot-Golan: Opposition parties sign surplus vote-sharing agreement
A voter surplus is the number of votes a party has left after winning its initial Knesset seats. Surplus-vote agreements can help allied parties turn those extra votes into another seat.
Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll
The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.
Knesset speaker calls on Winter to withdraw from election, claims he is endangering right-wing bloc
“The greatest danger to the right is not the left, it is the right itself. In 1992, despite the fact that the right received more votes, the left formed a government,” Ohana claimed.
With Eisenkot, Israel can defeat Iran, ex-Mossad official and Yashar list member Bachar says
Now on Eisenkot’s list, she believes her party is well positioned to triumph in the October elections and “make Israel great again.”
Opposition leaders vow to form Oct. 7 probe as first act of new gov't, demand truth from Netanyahu
"As soon as a government under our leadership is established, we will establish a state-led commission of inquiry that will investigate the failures that led to the October 7 massacre," they said.
Eisenkot-led coalition has pathway to 61 seats without Arab parties for first time - poll
Additionally, Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition dropped by four seats to just 47.
Eisenkot submits final Yashar list, former Shin Bet chief Cohen receives number two spot
Eisenkot’s Yashar party has recently led most polls and is part of the opposition bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming elections.
Hendel-Zelekha crosses electoral threshold in new KAN poll, complicating coalition possibilities
Hendel and Zelekha’s projected Knesset entry would leave both Netanyahu’s and Eisenkot’s blocs short of the 61 seats needed to form a government, forcing them to seek additional coalition partners.
Qualifying threshold considerations - opinion
What changed on Sept. 1 was that Netanyahu, after a refusal from Ben-Gvir, managed to get Smotrich to run in a single list with Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut party.
