Former IDF Chief of Staff and current opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot told the Herzliya Conference on Wednesday that after 1,000 days of war, Israel lacks a strategy for endgames from a position of strength. He accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of being 'shackled' to coalition partners Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, preventing the state from translating military achievements into diplomatic ones.
Opposition MK and former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot delivered a sharp critique of the government's war management at the Herzliya Conference on Wednesday. 'After 1,000 days, there is no pursuit of endgame scenarios from a position of strength,' he said. 'We are consequential everywhere, but there is war for the sake of war.' Eisenkot charged that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 'shackled' to coalition partners—National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich—preventing Israel from capitalizing on battlefield gains at the diplomatic table. The remarks echo growing criticism from within the security establishment and come as the war against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah on the northern border continues. As The Zioneer previously reported, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also addressed the Herzliya Conference today, asserting that after 1,000 days of fighting, Hamas is rearming and Hezbollah is strengthening—criticizing the government's strategic trajectory. Eisenkot's comments add high-level military credibility to the political debate over the war's direction.
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