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.

|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.

|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.

|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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

National-religious rabbi: IDF head should be fired for integrating women

"Eisenkot needs to wake up and the prime minister needs to tell him to go home," Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said of the IDF Chief of Staff.

JANUARY 17, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Female soldier, Lotem Stapleton, a physical education officer, demonstrates a move during a training session in Krav Maga, an Israeli self-defense technique, at a military base in the Golan Heights March 1, 2017.

Person of the Year: Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot

When the borders are calm and deterrence is working, and Israel’s military supremacy in the Middle East is clear and evident.

DECEMBER 30, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot