Gadi Eisenkot, now chair of the Yashar party, on Saturday night rejected Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks about him, saying Netanyahu is unfit to lecture on unity and that talk of boycotts is a campaign tactic from his previous life. The exchange was reported by Israeli media.
Saturday evening — Gadi Eisenkot, who recently became chair of the right-wing Yashar party, responded sharply to Prime Minister Netanyahu's earlier criticism. Netanyahu had reportedly invoked boycotts against Eisenkot's political camp; Eisenkot dismissed the charge as a campaign tactic from Netanyahu's past life. He added that Netanyahu is unfit to lecture on unity. The remarks build on a weeks-long political feud: as The Zioneer reported on June 24, Yashar had previously accused the Eisenkot-led opposition bloc of waging a slander campaign. Saturday's exchange, though sharply worded, does not indicate a shift in coalition arithmetic — neither side currently holds a majority to form an alternative government. The statements are reported by multiple Israeli outlets.
2 developments
- StrongYonatan Shalev's office clarifies his remarks on Gadi Eisenkot were 'poor phrasing'
- DevelopingGadi Eisenkot responds to Netanyahu criticism, calls it racist and humiliating
- DevelopingEisenkot Challenges Netanyahu to Public Debate
- StrongEisenkot: Netanyahu should have said 'I was wrong,' not peddled false hopes
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