Gadi Eizenkot

Israel may no longer need a prime minister with an American accent - opinion

The upcoming election for prime minister is raising many questions, including whether speaking fluent English and boasting an American accent is necessary.

JUNE 19, 2026|ByGIL HOFFMAN

Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot at a march for conscripting haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews into the IDF, in Jerusalem, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.

Bennett surges to 22 seats as Likud falls, opposition inches toward forming gov't - poll

The Likud would get 25 seats, Religious Zionist party would not cross the threshold, and an opposition coalition would secure 60 seats, putting it on the brink of forming a government.

DECEMBER 19, 2025|ByMOSHE COHEN

MKs Gadi Eisenkot (L) and Benny Gantz (R) seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Gantz, Lapid push back against haredi draft exemption bill in the Knesset

Opposition MKs called the proposed haredi draft exemption bill harmful to IDF soldiers and warned of an intense parliamentary and public struggle to block its swift passage.

JANUARY 6, 2025|ByELIAV BREUER

MK Gadi Eisenkot and Head of the National Unity party MK Benny Gantz hold a press conference in Ramat Gan, September 3, 2024.

Gantz: If Netanyahu is too weak to stand up to international pressure, he should go home

Gantz attacked Netanyahu for failing to progress the war fast enough and then delaying the peace process for his own political interests.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Eisenkot: Strategic position better, Israel not facing existential threat

"You can't disconnect our soldiers from the discourse in Israel."

NOVEMBER 26, 2019ByTAL LEV RAM/MAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Lieutenant-General (res.) Gadi Eisenkot speaking at the Israel Democracy Institute

IDF: Shi'ite militias fired rockets at Israel from Syria

The rockets failed to hit Israeli territory.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iranian Quds Force sites in Aqrabeh, Syria, targeted to thwart killer drone attack

Eisenkot: UNIFIL has important role in neutralizing Hezbollah tunnels

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot said that the Lebanese government is responsible for Hezbollah's tunnel activity in southern Lebanon.

DECEMBER 9, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and UNIFIL head Maj.-Gen. Stefano Del Col

Is the IDF ready for war?

Last June, the IDF’s chief ombudsman, Gen.(res.) Yitzhak Brick, issued an urgent report in which he claimed that the military’s readiness for war is dangerously deteriorating.

NOVEMBER 28, 2018ByAVI JAGER

Two officials resign advisory c'tee over conflict of interest on Netanyahu

The resignations of Yaakov Nagel and Iris Stark comes following an interim order by the High Court of Justice to freeze the proceedings of the Goldberg committee.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM