Discussing opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, the pro-Netanyahu channel achieved the identity-politics singularity: ethnicity is no longer inherited but determined at the ballot box. All you need to do is ask how someone votes. Bibi? You're Mizrahi. Anti-Bibi? Mazel tov, you're AshkenaziCarolina Landsmann01:20 AM • August 07 2026 IDTIdentity politics has imploded. This week, right-wing media personality Yinon Magal said about opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot that "They're always bringing up Eisenkot's mother with her head covering and her Moroccan accent. With all due respect, his daughter got married on Shabbat evening not long ago, without a rabbi or chuppah."Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:MizrahiLikudAshkenaziIsraeli politicsGadi EisenkotIsraeli electionsBenjamin NetanyahuIsrael's MediaChannel 14CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryWest BankNetanyahuLebanonDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastHow the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 Turned Israel's Identity Politics on Its HeadTax Revenues Shrinking as Migration by the Rich Steps Up, Study WarnsHow Grapevines Left Behind in 1948 Survived Against All OddsAliases and Unpaid Bills: How the Netanyahus Worked Israel's Healthcare SystemHaaretz CartoonRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesFormer Mossad Chief Appointed to Lead U.S. Defense Technology Company
Opinion | How the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 turned Israel's identity politics on its head
Discussing opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, the pro-Netanyahu channel achieved the identity-politics singularity: ethnicity is no longer inherited but determined at the ballot box. All you need to do is ask how someone votes. Bibi? You're Mizrahi. Anti-Bibi? Mazel tov, you're Ashkenazi









