Eisenkot quickly targets Netanyahu’s legacy in new Israeli parliament

Gadi Eisenkot speaks to the media during a party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Tuesday. | Bloomberg

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Nov 11, 2026

Jerusalem – Israeli ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and his allies launched a legislative onslaught against caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legacy on Tuesday, as a new parliament convened in a heated first session.

Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Eisenkot’s broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the Knesset’s agenda with a green light from Arab-Israeli lawmakers, whose role has stirred up heated opposition from Netanyahu’s base and even right-leaning supporters of Eisenkot.

Eisenkot’s Yashar party said it submitted a slew of proposals before the new parliament, including establishing an independent commission to investigate security failures that allowed the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 — which Netanyahu has long opposed.

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