Building a coalition with religious parties will probably require ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot to backtrack on pledges to enforce universal military conscription.
November 9, 2026 at 8:24 a.m. EST2 minutes ago
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, on Oct. 28. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
JERUSALEM — As he seeks to crack the complicated math of building a new Israeli government coalition that will oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot is eyeing a potentially controversial alliance with ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.
