Eisenkot Ramps Up Campaign Funding Ahead of Elections
Translated & summarized from Calcalist by baba
Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar! party has raised 14.38 million shekels in guarantees and 2.25 million in donations in the past week, reaching a total of 30 million shekels. This accelerated fundraising aims to secure significant election financing if the party wins around 21 seats. Other recent guarantors include Omri Dotan and Ronald Rosenfeld. The Am Israel party is also increasing its fundraising efforts.
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- Gadi Eisenkot's Yishar! party raised 14.38 million shekels in guarantees in one week.
- The party's total financial resources now stand at 30 million shekels.
- Yishar! could receive 29 million shekels in election financing if it wins 21 seats.
- Omri Dotan and Ronald Rosenfeld are among the recent major guarantors.
- The Am Israel party is also increasing its campaign fundraising.
- Eisenkot had previously raised 16.5 million shekels by early September 2026.
Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yishar! party, has significantly accelerated his fundraising efforts in the final stretch before the upcoming elections. In the past week alone, the party secured nine guarantees totaling 14.380 million shekels, bringing their total guarantees to 27.748 million shekels from 42 guarantors. Additionally, Eisenkot raised 2.251 million shekels in donations, bringing the party's total financial resources to 30 million shekels. This represents a rapid fundraising pace for a new party.
If pre-election polls prove accurate and Yishar! secures approximately 21 Knesset seats, it would be eligible for 29 million shekels in election financing. The remaining funds could be covered by a loan from the Knesset, to be repaid from ongoing party funding at a rate of about 100,000 shekels per Member of Knesset throughout their term.
Among the recent guarantors are Omri Dotan (3 million shekels), Ronald Rosenfeld (1 million shekels), Harel Cohen Sharon (1 million shekels), Benyamin Van Radom (1 million shekels), Benyamin Kahan (750,000 shekels), Yaakov Rogovin and Aryeh Margi (500,000 shekels each), Eyal Dagan (330,000 shekels), and Eli Kamhi (300,000 shekels).
Previously, by early September 2026, Eisenkot had raised 16.5 million shekels from 27 guarantees and 2.1 million shekels from 326 donations. Meanwhile, the Am Israel party, led by Ofer Winter, has also increased its guarantee fundraising, securing 7 guarantees totaling 7.475 million shekels and taking out loans of 6.688 million shekels from Mizrahi Tefahot Bank against these guarantees.
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