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Could a former IDF chief break Benjamin Netanyahu’s grip on power in Israel?

Oct 1, 2026 · 25m

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Israel is heading to the polls on October 27 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the toughest political battle of his career. He's been accused of treason over fresh allegations he was warned of a major Hamas plot ahead of the October 7 attacks. In this week's episode of The Conversation Weekly, Dov Waxman, a political scientist and Professor of Israeli Studies at the University of California explains why Israel's political magician might be out of tricks and how former IDF chief and political novice Gadi Eisenkot could be the one to upstage him. Read more Israeli political analysis from Dov Waxman here. This episode was written by Justin Bergman and Isabella Podwinski…