The Likud party demanded opposition MK Gadi Eisenkot delete a video in which he details his personal life and military service, calling it a 'desperate, irrelevant and illegitimate attempt to harm the main candidate to replace Netanyahu,' according to a Channel 12 report. Likud's response to Eisenkot: 'Stop whining, you are breaking the law.'
Just minutes after MK Gadi Eisenkot attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the removal of a campaign video, Likud demanded that Eisenkot delete a video of his own recounting his life and military service. According to a Channel 12 report, Likud called the video a 'desperate, irrelevant and illegitimate attempt to harm the main candidate to replace Netanyahu' — a reference to Eisenkot himself, who is widely seen as Netanyahu's leading challenger. Likud's statement added: 'Gadi, stop whining, you are breaking the law.'
The development deepens the war of words between Likud and Eisenkot, who has been rising in opinion polls. The Zioneer reported earlier today that Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of 'incitement' after the Central Elections Committee ordered the removal of a Likud advertisement targeting Eisenkot. The back-and-forth underscores the increasingly personal tone of the election campaign, which has seen Likud deploy aggressive attack ads and Eisenkot push for a public debate.
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