Gadi Eisenkot

Eisenkot urges Gantz to resign should Blue and White hover near election threshold

Eisenkot, who served as the party's number two, announced in late June that he was leaving the party and resigning from the Knesset. 

 National Unity MKs Gadi Eisenkot and Benny Gantz seen at the Knesset plenum, June 11, 2025
Yesh Atid chairman MK Yair Lapid attends a Yesh Atid party conference in Tel Aviv, September 1, 2025.

Lapid: Netanyahu election win will be 'end of Zionism,' Israel to enter most critical year

Head of Blue and White party MK Benny Gantz speaks during press conference in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2025.

Benny Gantz fails to cross threshold, Yossi Cohen, Yoaz Hendel to upend Knesset balance

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2025.

Liberman looks to set 'guiding principles' for next gov't with Bennett, Eisenkot


Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of buying time in Gaza, says gov't 'unworthy' of fallen son Gal

Eisenkot said in an interview for KAN Reshet Bet that "the coalition's primal fear is losing its seats," and that "history will judge them for this."

 MK Gadi Eisenkot seen at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 30, 2025.

Gantz's party fails to pass threshold, Bennett takes lead - poll

Despite Blue and White’s decline, the opposition bloc strengthened, rising to 61 Knesset seats compared to 48 for the coalition.

 Leader of the Blue and White Party MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025.

Gov’t ministers, coalition MKs condemn nationwide protests, opposition affirms support

President Isaac Herzog spoke at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, where he said, "There is not a single Israeli who does not want the hostages home."

Israelis block road 1 near Latrun, while attending a protest calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, August 17, 2025.

Eisenkot’s party surges in new poll, Likud sees slight drop as opposition bloc holds lead - poll

Because most of the votes Eisenkot received were not at the expense of the coalition, there was no change in the overall balance of blocs. 

 MK Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference after announcing his resignation in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2025.

New poll shows Bennett-led opposition could oust coalition

The survey shows the current coalition receiving 49 seats, compared to 61 for the opposition bloc led by Bennett, while Gantz's Blue and White party is expected to be just above the threshold.

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid.

After Eisenkot exodus, another lawmaker leaves Gantz's Blue and White party

MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen announced her resignation from Blue and White on Thursday, intending to join MK Gadi Eisenkot.

 National Unity MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen is seen speaking with Zvika Klein (not pictured) at The Jerusalem Post's Democracy 2023 conference, on January 24, 2023.

Netanyahu's Likud to remove Edelstein from key committee over haredi draft fallout

A replacement for Edelstein on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee may be willing to make concessions that Edelstein was not willing to make, thus allowing the bill to proceed.

 Benjamin Netanyahu and Yuli Edelstein seen at the Knesset on November 4, 2021

Giora Epstein, IAF's top ace and most decorated pilot, passes away at 87

Epstein was also the man who activated the sirens across Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973, when the IAF detected takeoffs from Syrian and Egyptian air force bases.

 Giora Epstein receives rank of Brig.-Gen. by then-IDF chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in 2018.

Haredi exit from gov't pushes Netanyahu forward in election polls, survey finds

In this scenario, neither bloc has enough seats to form a government. The current coalition holds 53 seats, while the opposition, plus Bennett, totals 57.

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, January 8, 2024

Knesset election dynamics largely unchanged despite Shas, UTJ leaving gov't, N12 poll finds

Israel's Channel 12 conducted a poll on general election scenarios following the Sephardi-haredi Shas Party's Wednesday announcement that they are leaving the coalition.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a Knesset debate, July 14, 2025; illustrative.

Needed in Washington: A change in the script - comment

Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump must yield a productive and courageous decision to change the face of the current conflict.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in the White House.