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 formatSubscribe06:00 AM • August 14 2026 IDTThe most recent meeting between Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett was 10 days ago, in the latter's home in Ra'anana, aka "the fortress." Eisenkot reported to his team that it was "very good, practical, forward-looking." He takes care also to meet with Avigdor Lieberman and Yair Golan. The impression is that behind the closed doors, everyone is laser-focused on the singular target: to win on October 27 and to form a government. According to the latest polls, they are just a step away. It's not that there aren't genuine disagreements, for example, over the Haredi conscription program. Bennett and Lieberman are much more extreme than Eisenkot. But it's not insolvable; the formula will be found.In the NewsAs Battlefield Shifts to Low Altitudes, IDF Plans to Build 100,000 Drones a YearUnmoved by Netanyahu's Tricks and Shticks, Eisenkot Eyes a Minority GovernmentKushner to Visit Israel and Egypt With Board of Peace Officials to Talk GazaHuckabee Condemned 'Settler Terror' but He Was Defending Trump, Not Palestinians'I Don't Know a Wounded Israeli Soldier Whose Soul Wasn't Affected'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?Phones of Missing Israeli Mother, Daughter Last Traced Near Vienna Train StationIsrael Elections: How to Actually Read the PollsU.S. University to Pay Israeli Scholar Who Lost Job for Calling Gaza a Genocide