US network profile of the main opposition challenger
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CNN · United States · Knesset committee advances dissolution bill for plenum vote as Netanyahu-Haredi coalition cracks
CNN profiled former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot as the main centrist challenger to Netanyahu in the October election, alongside former PM Naftali Bennett, now running 'Bennett 2026.' Polls cited show Netanyahu's Likud trailing in coalition-building scenarios, with Eisenkot's national-unity platform drawing from the centrist bloc that coalesced after October 7.
“The former military chief now challenging Netanyahu for Israel's top job.”