Law Professor Claims Bennett Plans Eisenkot's Political Failure
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Law professor Moshe Cohen Eliya criticized Israeli political maneuvering after the 2026 elections, suggesting Naftali Bennett is backing Gadi Eisenkot to fail. Cohen Eliya believes Bennett's support is a strategy to disgrace Eisenkot before Bennett potentially allies with Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman. This strategy, he argued, acknowledges the right-wing majority in Israel's political landscape.
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- Professor Moshe Cohen Eliya claims Naftali Bennett is engineering Gadi Eisenkot's political failure.
- Bennett's support for Eisenkot is a calculated move to ensure Eisenkot is publicly disgraced, Cohen Eliya stated.
- Cohen Eliya suggests Bennett will then align with Benjamin Netanyahu, possibly with Avigdor Lieberman.
- The professor cited the Israeli public's right-wing majority as a key factor in political strategy.
- Cohen Eliya criticized the "change bloc" and its leaders' tactics following the 2026 election results.
Professor Moshe Cohen Eliya, a legal scholar, sharply criticized the "change bloc" and its leaders' tactics following the 2026 election results and the ongoing coalition formation deadlock. He stated that "all the lies of the old hegemony are being exposed, from 'we won't sit with Arabs' to 'we won't sit with the religious.'" Cohen Eliya believes that former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's support for Gadi Eisenkot to receive the first mandate is a calculated move designed to ensure Eisenkot's failure and public embarrassment. "The best thing that could happen to the people of Israel is that Gadi Eisenkot receives the mandate first, is disgraced first, comes out a fool from all possible directions, and fails," Cohen Eliya wrote.
He suggested Bennett's swift endorsement of Eisenkot was not accidental, positing that Bennett "generously" and "unconditionally" announced his recommendation for Eisenkot, knowing it would lead to Eisenkot's downfall. Cohen Eliya theorized that Bennett would then align with Benjamin Netanyahu, possibly with Avigdor Lieberman. The professor explained his assessment by pointing to the Israeli political landscape, where he believes 65% of the public identifies as right-wing. "If you want to be a long-term player in Israeli politics, you need to play in the right-wing field. It took Gideon Sa'ar time to realize this too," he added.
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