Eisenkot invites Netanyahu to televised debate: "A person seeking to lead must give full answers to voters"
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot officially invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a direct and public televised debate, to be broadcast on all media channels. The invitation was sent in an official letter 23 days before the elections and three days before the memorial day for the October 7 massacre. The letter claims Netanyahu refuses to establish a commission of inquiry and to release protocols, harming public trust.
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot officially invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a direct and public televised debate, to be broadcast live on all Israeli media channels. The invitation was sent in an official party letter, 23 days before the Knesset elections and three days before the memorial day for the October 7 massacre. In the letter, Yashar claims Netanyahu "refuses to establish a commission of inquiry and refuses to release the full protocols," in a way that "harms public trust in state institutions and endangers Israel in another disaster." The party proposed three rules for the debate: a format allowing substantive and comprehensive answers broadcast on all media outlets, moderators chosen by news channel editors, and discussion rules set between the moderators and representatives of the candidates' headquarters. This is not the first time Eisenkot has called on Netanyahu to debate him; previously he wrote to him on X: "Stop the games, set a date and place. Come to a public debate."