Netanyahu has spent the past four years riding the wave of racist and anti-democratic rhetoric from his Likud loyalists. Now, as Gadi Eisenkot gains ground in polls ahead of the election, the party's loudest and most controversial figures are making wavering Likud voters wince

Netanyahu has spent the past four years riding the wave of racist and anti-democratic rhetoric from his Likud loyalists. Now, as Gadi Eisenkot gains ground in polls ahead of the…

While Smotrich abandons his base and Netanyahu caters to the ultra-Orthodox at the expense of serving Israelis, the prime minister remains confident that Religious Zionist voters…