Peloni: Read this article carefully. Somethings which come out during an election cycle are highly revealing. The comparison of an Israeli hero to the local Muslim Brotherhood is one such revelation, and the implications for such a comparison should provide a profound indication of Gadi Eisenkot’s judgement as well as his qualifications for becoming prime minister.
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Gadi Eisenkot. Screengrab via Youtube.
With election season upon us in Israel, and much of the mainstream media in the Jewish and Israeli world pushing Gadi Eisenkot as the next Prime Minister, I believe it is critically important to highlight two recent quotes from his public interviews that reveal why he would be a terrible choice for the job. Eisenkot is a nice guy who paid a steep price with the loss of his son in this war, but as former IDF Chief of Staff he was responsible for stripping the army down to bare bones and instigating a huge chunk of the manpower problems the army faces today, both in the regular forces and the reserves. And as the quotes I will explain below make clear, he would be a horrible choice for Prime Minister.
Stick with me as I break this all down…
Last week Gadi Eisenkot compared Yosef Hadad to Mansour Abbas of the Ra’am party. That comparison was not just tone-deaf, it was dangerous. Eisenkot used Hadad, a wounded Golani warrior and proud Israeli Arab who has stood firmly with the Jewish state on the world stage, to justify potential cooperation with anti-Israel Arab parties linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. In doing so, Eizenkot revealed a mindset that has not absorbed the lessons of October 7.
Yosef Hadad responded sharply and correctly. He wrote, “Apart from our Arab identity, we have absolutely nothing in common.” Hadad contrasted his own service in the Golani Brigade, his IDF injury, and his lifelong advocacy for Israel in the media and on campuses, with Abbas’s record and positions. “No one should try to whitewash or legitimize Mansour Abbas on my back,” Hadad said. He rejected the comparison as offensive and discriminatory, arguing that equating the two men simply because they are both Arab Israelis ignored their fundamentally different records.
Hadad is right. The comparison itself reduces both men to their shared Arab identity while ignoring the vast difference in their values and actions. Hadad has consistently opposed cooperation with the current Arab parties in the Knesset and believes they should not be part of a governing coalition, because, as an Arab Israeli, he recognizes that they are led by anti-Israel personalities who have not even condemned the Oct. 7 jihadi massacre of Israelis.
Netanyahu made a similar point clearly in a video: “Tell me Eisenkot, did you really compare IDF fighter Yosef Hadad and Mansour Abbas of the Muslim Brotherhood, just to justify the fact that you have no government without the Arab parties?”
Eisenkot’s comments do not end there. In another televised interview, he just suggested that Israel should allow more than 100,000 Gazans to enter Israel for work.
This proposal reflects a dangerous disconnect from reality. Survivors from communities such as Kibbutz Be’eri, including Avida Bechar, have spoken publicly about how both armed Hamas terrorists and unarmed civilians from Gaza participated in the attack that devastated their community and murdered members of their families. Based on those experiences, Bechar has said he does not want Hamas or other jihadist elements remaining in Gaza because he no longer believes Israelis living near the border can be safe under those conditions.
Yet Eisenkot wants to return to a policy of allowing hundreds of thousands of jihadi Gazans, into Israel for work? He seems to ignore that Gazan workers acted as spies, feeding Hamas detailed information about where people lived in the Kibbutzim, where guns were stored, and the layout of Israeli communities. That is insane. His policies as Prime Minister would be an absolute danger to all Israelis.
Nobody can vote for Eisenkot. He is a danger to Israel because he does not understand our jihadi enemy. Yosef Hadad does understand. Hadad has consistently opposed cooperation with the current Arab parties in the Knesset and believes they should not be part of a governing coalition.
On top of all this, Gadi Eisenkot abandoned the unity war government on June 9, 2024, right in the middle of a just war, leaving the nation of Israel at one of its greatest moments of needed unity.
The lesson of October 7 is clear. We cannot afford leaders who still believe in illusions about coexistence with a jihadi enemy that celebrates our murder. We need leaders who see the enemy for what it is.
Yosef Hadad is that kind of leader. Not Eizenkot.
Hopefully, enough Israelis will wake up to this reality before the elections and not vote for parties that will make Eizenkot Prime Minister.
The Jewish people need clarity, not wishful thinking. We need leaders who see the enemy for what it is and are willing to act decisively to protect our homeland. Yosef Hadad gets it. Eisenkot does not. The choice is ours.
I’m confidant that by election time, the people of Israel will vote properly to ensure our safety and will not return the dangerous left, led by figures like Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Lapid, Yair Golan and Naftali Bennett, back into power.
It is up to us to internalize the truth, strengthen our belief in God, and share it boldly.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
Omg these politicians are so infuriating