Gadi Eisenkot Couldn’t Be More Unlike Netanyahu. Can He Beat Him? NYT - Top Stories By: David M. Halbfinger · Natan Odenheimer and Johnatan Reiss 23 October 2026 at 05:01 Mr. Eisenkot, an ex-military chief leading in the polls, calls the Israeli prime minister an “anti-leader.” But his low-key campaigning style is worrying supporters. © Amit Elkayam for The New York TimesGadi Eisenkot, the leading candidate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a campaign event in Haifa, Israel, last month.