Netanyahu challenger accuses PM of prioritizing political survival

Gadi Eisenkot, the main political challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Netanyahu on September 7, 2026, of prioritizing his own political survival over Israeli security. Eisenkot vowed to end divisions in the country stemming from the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

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Netanyahu’s main challenger accuses Israeli PM of prioritising survival over security

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Gadi Eisenkot, the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the sitting premier of looking merely after his own political survival and not the country’s security, at a rally in central Israel on Monday. Unveiling the candidates of the Yashar party for the October 27 election, the former military commander said nothing about how he would handle the Palestinian question