Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the former head of the army who was chosen to establish the Israeli government?
Gadi Eisenkot, former Chief of Staff of the IDF, is one of the main challengers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party. After retiring from the army in 2019, he entered the Knesset in 2022 and today he leads the newly established right-of-center party. He opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state, supports the maintenance of large illegal settlements and says that Israel must maintain military and security control from the river to the sea.