Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot has officially declared his candidacy for the October 27, 2026 Knesset election, setting the stage for a showdown with incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot, 66, resigned from Netanyahu’s war cabinet in 2024 and founded the Yashar party in 2025 after a long tenure as defence minister. He positions himself as the nation’s first Middle‑East‑origin candidate for the premiership.
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