Eisenkot's "Emergency Call": "Every citizen must wake up before it's too late"

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, issued a statement marking three years since the October 7 massacre, alongside Shira Shapira, mother of fallen hero Aner Shapira. Eisenkot warned that Israel will soon cease to be the country we know if no dramatic change occurs, and criticized the leadership for failing to learn lessons, fostering division and incitement. Shira Shapira called for choosing growth from the fracture and ensuring the national low point becomes real change.

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, delivered a statement this evening (Tuesday) marking three years since the October 7 massacre, alongside Shira Shapira, placed 10th on his party list, mother of Aner Shapira who fought heroically and was murdered in the "death shelter." Eisenkot issued an emergency call: "If we continue on the current path, Israel will very soon cease to be the country we know." He attacked the leadership for failing to learn lessons from the gravest failure in the state's history, for division and incitement, and for statements against IDF soldiers. He referred to remarks by Rabbi Dov Lando against religious Zionist youth, and called for a civic awakening before it is too late. Shira Shapira called for choosing growth from the fracture, and ensuring the national low point becomes real change.