Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:04 AM • August 07 2026 IDTLet's imagine that Yoram Cohen, a very senior figure in Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, was being interviewed on some podcast and said in a light-hearted way about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "I like him. In the end, he's a good guy. I'd be happy if he joined Yashar!" We would assume the man had gone out of his mind, or was intentionally undermining his party's campaign and leader.In the NewsSmearing Eisenkot Backfires, and Netanyahu's Paying the Price in LikudHormuz Deal Would Hand Iran an Unprecedented Geopolitical VictoryHouthi Attack on Saudi Arabia Wounds 11 as Kingdom Warns of Wider ThreatJustice for Awdah Hathaleen Depends on Ending the OccupationLikud Appeals Israel's Ban on Apps Reporting Voter Identity at Polling PlacesRemembering 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
Analysis • Smearing Eisenkot backfires, and Netanyahu's paying the price in Likud
It's not just Minister Dudi Amsalem who opposes Netanyahu. The Likud primaries are shaking the party like a Super El Niño. Gilad Erdan is playing the bad boy. And does Avigdor Lieberman plan to blackmail Eisenkot into a rotation?







