Current sectionOpinionShare 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 formatSubscribeAluf Benn12:48 AM • September 01 2026 IDTPrime ministerial candidate Gadi Eisenkot is very cautious when it comes to expressing resolute positions that may endanger his lead in opinion polls and pin him down after the election. It was therefore interesting to read his "first political interview" in the daily Israel Hayom's weekend edition. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlersPalestiniansWest BankLikudGadi EisenkotTwo-state solutionBenjamin NetanyahuItamar Ben-GvirBezalel SmotrichOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankChief RabbiGaza Militias El-Sayed NetanyahuOfer WinterRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastGo for the Head: If Eisenkot Rejects Settler Terror, He Must Focus on NetanyahuLeftist Hadash Party Documents: 7 Women Accused Candidate of Sexual HarassmentDaily Cartoon, September 1, 2026There's No Point Warning Israel's Pyromaniac Gov't About the West Bank BlazeIDF Names New Central Command Chief Amid Ongoing Friction Over West Bank PolicyRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdParents to Suspend Classes at Tel Aviv School Over Admission of Migrant ChildrenJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes