Will an anti-Mizrahi slur upend Israel’s election again? Don’t expect history to repeat itself The Times of Israel 19 October 2026 at 12:48 A pro-Netanyahu pundit called Gadi Eisenkot a 'monkey,' recalling when an entertainer derided 'hooligans' on the right and helped Menachem Begin in 1981. Nowadays, Israel's politics are far more fragmented, and news moves faster