{
  "id": 481001,
  "title": "The media is infatuated with Gadi Eisenkot, the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. Why? | Mehdi Hasan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/the-media-is-infatuated-with-gadi-eisenkot-the-anti-netanyahu-why",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T14:00:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/10/media-gadi-eisenkot-anti-netanyahu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The challenger to Netanyahu is more of the same. His record makes that abundantly clear Western media outlets cannot seem to get enough of Gadi Eisenkot. Israel’s former military chief and the leader of the newly formed Yashar party has been embraced by the international press as he and his party take the lead in the polls in the run-up to October’s elections. Mehdi Hasan is Guardian US columnist…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}