Binyamin Netanyahu sows discord ahead of Israel’s election
The campaign is entering a new phase
A campaign video featuring AI-generated images of Gadi Eisenkot, a former general now leading the polls, has surfaced ahead of Israel's parliamentary election on October 27th. The ad features Eisenkot riding a wooden Trojan horse, with Mansour Abbas and Yair Golan, two opposition leaders, lurking in the shadows. Netanyahu suggests Eisenkot can only win by secretly joining forces with the Arab-Israeli Ra'am party, led by Abbas, and Golan's Zionist-left Democrats.
However, Eisenkot’s centre-right party, Yashar, has overtaken Netanyahu’s Likud in The Economist’s poll tracker, meaning he will need a diverse range of partners to form a governing coalition. Netanyahu’s focus on potential partners aims to tarnish them with association, a tactic he has used against Arab parties in the past, accusing them of being "terror supporters" and an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Meanwhile, Yair Golan’s recent statements have painted his party as radical and non-Zionist, making it an unappealing choice for government. Despite this, Golan is the only opposition leader openly in favor of including an Arab party in the next government coalition.
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