In His Secret Heart: Maybe Gadi Eisenkot Would Have Preferred a Ministerial Post in Netanyahu's Government | Yossi Achimeir

Yossi Achimeir speculates that Gadi Eisenkot might have preferred a ministerial position in Netanyahu's government over additional elections. The writer compares the situation to the 1988 unity government, calls for unity between Likud, Yashar, and right-wing partners, and criticizes Eisenkot's conduct on election night.

Yossi Achimeir writes an opinion column in which he speculates that Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, might have preferred to settle for a ministerial post in Netanyahu's government rather than go to additional elections. Achimeir compares the current political situation to the 1988 unity government led by Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres, noting that Likud then won 40 seats and the Alignment 39. He claims that Netanyahu won the recent elections with 27 seats, while Yashar received six fewer seats, and that Eisenkot hastily declared victory without due consideration. The writer calls for unity among Likud, Yashar, Together, Shas, and Otzma Yehudit, excluding Yisrael Beiteinu and the Democrats. He criticizes Eisenkot's election night speech and describes him as "a puppet in the hands of the real string-pullers in his party." The column ends with a hope that Eisenkot will understand the public's yearning for a unity government.

In His Secret Heart: Maybe Gadi Eisenkot Would Have Preferred a Ministerial Post in Netanyahu's Government | Yossi Achimeir