Political commentator Shimon Riklin posted on Telegram that the left is not bothered by Gadi Eisenkot and his colleagues trivializing a PM interview by discussing kilograms, but objects to Netanyahu changing Israel's security doctrine.
Political commentator Shimon Riklin, on his personal the source Wednesday evening, criticized the Israeli left over its response to Prime Minister Netanyahu's ongoing policy shifts. Riklin argued that left-wing figures had not objected when former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot and his associates reportedly trivialized a media interview with the prime minister by focusing on incidental personal details — alluding to an earlier exchange in which Netanyahu joked about losing weight — but are now attacking Netanyahu over substantive changes to Israel's national security outlook. The comment is the latest in a series of Riklin's political analyses published via his Telegram channels. As The Zioneer previously noted, Riklin has also weighed in on Netanyahu's rivalry with Eisenkot and on the prime minister's implied criticism of the Trump administration's Iran talks. The current post provides no specifics on which security doctrine changes Riklin is referring to.
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