After former Chief of Staff and Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot overtook Bennett in the race to head the left-wing bloc, he is starting to get used to his new status – and is inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to a public debate. “Netanyahu, enough with incitement videos and hiding behind a suspect accused of deliberately harming state security,” Eisenkot wrote in his message.
“You are more hysterical than how I saw you on October 11, 2023,” he added. “Leave the videos, set a date and place. Come to a public debate. Answer the public’s questions. A true leader speaks to the public.”
For the first time in the current election campaign, Gadi Eisenkot surpassed Naftali Bennett in the number of mandates in the latest mandate poll by Channel 14 and leads with 16 compared to only 14 for the Bennett-Lapid party.
On the question of suitability for the prime ministership, Benjamin Netanyahu continued to lead by a significant margin, although he registered a slight decrease to 48%. Gadi Eisenkot registered a significant strengthening and rose to 26% suitability (compared to 23% in the previous poll), while Naftali Bennett weakened and fell to 18% suitability.