Israel ex-army chief launches campaign in bid to unseat Netanyahu
Israel’s former army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot on June 30 announced the start of his electoral campaign as he bids to take over the seat of prime minister from veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Four months ahead of the planned polls, Eisenkot held his first electoral meeting, where he declared that “Israel deserves to open a new chapter. We will write it together.”
“For the future of Israel, we must ensure that next October, the ‘Oct. 7’ government ends its role in history,” he said, in reference to the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that occurred under Netanyahu’s watch.
“We will open a new chapter in the history of Israel, a much better chapter, because Israel must win, and it will win,” he continued.
