Gadi Eisenkot is the leader of the Yashar Party.
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
… Could this signal a change in global politics? And in Israel, voters are heading to the polls today in the first election since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar Party and former IDF chief-of-staff, is running against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jessica points to the tens of thousands of Israeli expats flying home to vote as a sign the country is ready for a change. …
Multiple tier1 sources, including Reuters (Oct 23) and BBC (Oct 24), describe Gadi Eisenkot as leader of the Yashar party, and AP and CNN later say the same. The claim is faithful to the post, and the situation held on 2026-10-27, the date it was made.
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What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that the party Eisenkot founded in 2025 is called Yashar, and the BBC profile describes him as leader of Israel's Yashar Party.[1][3]
Supports. AP and CNN, published Oct 24 to 28, identify Eisenkot as leader of the Yashar ('Straight') party ahead of Israel's 2026 election.[2][4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Eisenkot offers hawkish alternative to Netanyahu for Israeli PMreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2All about Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli opposition leader | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Gadi Eisenkotbbc.co.uk · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 4Who is Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main challenger in ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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