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Gadi Eisenkot

Gadi Eisenkot is an Israeli lawmaker and member of the National Unity Party. He currently serves as minister-without-portfolio and as a member of the war cabinet.

Eisenkot served as a general in the Israeli military and had a tenure as IDF chief of staff before entering politics.

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 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

Haredi IDF exemption bill will cause 'fault line' in Israeli society, Eisenkot says

 (L-R): MK Gideon Sa'ar, MK Gadi Eisenkot

Gideon Sa'ar is 'unqualified' to serve as defense minister, Eisenkot charges

 Gadi Eisenkot holds a press conference with Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset, February 26, 2024

Philadelphi corridor is not an existential threat, Gantz and Eisenkot say

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2021 elections box

MK Gadi Eisenkot, Opposition leaders: PM must be summoned for meeting

 SLOGANS AT a protest in Tel Aviv last Saturday night include calls for releasing the hostages and an early Knesset election. First. the anti-government protesters politicized the military; now, they politicize the hostage families, the writer charges.

The protest movement is weaponizing the hostage crisis

 Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on November 20, 2023.

Ben-Gvir claims Netanyahu assured him seat on gov't security forum amid ahead of coalition drama

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 24, 2024.

Eisenkot reveals: Plan for Hezbollah war hasn't changed since first week of fighting

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 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a state ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers whose burial place is unknown at Mount Herzl Military cemetery in Jerusalem on March 17, 2024

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: 'We are closer to a deal than we have ever been'

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 24, 2024.

MK Eisenkot: We've never been closer to hostage deal, held back by Netanyahu

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, June 18, 2024

Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee resumes haredi draft debates

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024.

Judicial reform protesters partly to blame for Hamas massacre, Netanyahu hints

 Gal and Gadi Eisenkot during IDF Maglan unit training 2018.

'Staying in government means betraying soldiers,' Former IDF chief Eisenkot says

 Benny Gantz

Loss of Gantz and Eisenkot's moderate voices destabilizes already fragile government

Benny Gantz at speech resigning from Israeli government on June 9, 2024.

'This is exactly what Sinwar, Nasrallah, and Iran were aiming for': MKs react to Gantz's gov. exit

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Letters to the Editor, June 3, 2024: Historical factors

National Unity MK Michael Biton leads a meeting to fight against road homicide,  halting the increase in accidents and formulating a national road safety plan, at the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 26, 2021.

Exasperation increases in National Unity party

 Security cabinet meeting to discuss the Rafah, March 15, 2024.

Ministers Gantz, Eizenkot wanted immediate counterattack on Iran - report

 FROM LEFT: Moshe Ya'alon, Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz, and Israeli Minister Gadi Eisenkot.

'It's time for some soul-searching': Moshe Ya'alon calls on Gantz, Eisenkot to quit cabinet