The media is infatuated with Gadi Eisenkot, the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. Why? | Mehdi Hasan

The challenger to Netanyahu is more of the same. His record makes that abundantly clearWestern 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 and the editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo.
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- The challenger to Netanyahu is more of the same. His record makes that abundantly clearWestern 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 and the editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo.
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The media is infatuated with Gadi Eisenkot, the ‘anti-Netanyahu’. Why? | Mehdi Hasan
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