Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201chas learned nothing from October 7,\u201d Yashar leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told i24NEWS, accusing him of continuing to divide Israelis and represent political opponents as enemies.<\/p>\n
Eisenkot pointed to campaign billboards bearing the slogan \u201cThe right or Palestine,\u201d which placed him and bereaved relatives on the \u201cPalestine\u201d side. \u201cI think the most serious problem is this \u2018us and them\u2019 mentality,\u201d he said, warning that such divisions undermined Israel\u2019s existence as a people and a state.<\/p>\n
Recalling his time in the war cabinet, Eisenkot said he had helped steady Netanyahu during the panic of the war\u2019s opening days. He said he had urged Netanyahu to concentrate on the fighting in the south and postpone an attack in the north, despite pressure from others in the room. According to Eisenkot, Netanyahu told him the following day: \u201cYou saved us yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eisenkot also accused Netanyahu of lying about his positions on military operations in Gaza, Rafah and Iran, and called on him to release the cabinet\u2019s voting records. He separately described Netanyahu as \u201cdelusional,\u201d challenging his account of Israel\u2019s achievements against Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n
On Gaza, Eisenkot pledged to destroy or dismantle Hamas\u2019s military and governing capabilities within 18 months. He distinguished that objective from eliminating the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s ideology, arguing that his experience fighting Palestinian suicide terrorism in the West Bank showed he could deliver on the promise.<\/p>\n
On Iran, Eisenkot said he would pursue the destruction of its nuclear and missile programs and its regional proxies, but rejected making regime change a war objective. While the Iranian government\u2019s fall would benefit Israel, the region and humanity, he said, toppling it should not be the stated purpose of military action.<\/p>\n
Citizens still call for an independent Oct. 7 inquiry, three years after the massacre<\/p>\n
Eisenkot said he was confident he would become Israel\u2019s next prime minister and pledged to establish a state commission of inquiry into October 7. He reiterated that those who held political or military leadership positions during the attack should leave office, saying Netanyahu could not ask for the public\u2019s trust again after such a grave failure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201chas learned nothing from October 7,\u201d Yashar leader and former IDF chief of staff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-656097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}