Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot is campaigning in the country's deepest Likud strongholds, betting that it will be disenchanted Netanyahu voters who will tip the balance in the upcoming election
Eisenkot in Kiryat Bialik. "We're operating in places where I never imagined we'd be able to build a base of support for Gadi," one regional campaign manager says. Credit: Rami Shllush
Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot is campaigning in the country's deepest Likud strongholds, betting that it will be disenchanted Netanyahu voters who will tip the balance in the upcoming election
11:14 AM • July 11 2026 IDT
About 40 activists and curious residents fill the sparkling living room of Michal Elmalem Abu, Gadi Eisenkot's campaign manager in Dimona. The candidate sits in an armchair in the center of the room beneath a heavy chandelier. He talks about his childhood in Eilat, the one political rally he attended before taking off his uniform (for Menachem Begin) and his mother, who grew old in the southern part of the country, lacking adequate medical care.
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