Who is Eisenkot, the former Israeli general expected to replace Netanyahu?
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · Middle East
Gadi Eisenkot, an unassuming former army chief of staff, has a pathway to Israel’s top job after President Isaac Herzog tapped him to form the next government. Should he succeed, he would take over as prime minister from Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader whose inflammatory style has earned him as much admiration as it has outright hatred. Eisenkot, by contrast, is a reserved man, and some voters tired of Netanyahu see his rival’s relative lack of charisma as one of his greatest...
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