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Yashar submits final 40-candidate list for Oct. 27 election

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Eisenkot Announces List

Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party filed its final 40-candidate list for Israel’s October 27 election.
Recent polls show Yashar leading or tied with Netanyahu’s Likud, whose 19-year tenure now faces declining coalition poll numbers.
Eisenkot founded Yashar in September 2025 after leaving the emergency coalition.
Yashar proposes commission to probe the October 7 attacks and includes Yoram Cohen and Druze activists.

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Eisenkot Submits

Former Israeli Defence Forces chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party submitted its final 40-candidate list for the October 27 election.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign relies on self-victimising populist rhetoric that targets lower-income Mizrahi voters, portraying him as a bullied child.
Analysts say the strategy frames Netanyahu as a victim of a ‘deep state’.
The Yashar list includes security veterans and representatives from the Druze community and periphery activists.

Blindspot

Analysts say Netanyahu’s populist strategy frames him as a victim of a “deep state” and specifically targets lower-income Mizrahi voters who feel marginalized by the Ashkenazi establishment.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

On 17 May 1977 Israel held its ninth Knesset election, where Menachem Begin’s Likud captured 43 seats and ended the Labor Alignment’s three-decade dominance. The victory mobilized roughly 35 % of Mizrahi voters and forged a coalition with religious parties, establishing a right-wing, identity-based realignment that still shapes new parties in Israeli politics today.

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Eisenkot Announces List

Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party filed its final 40-candidate list for Israel’s October 27 election.
Recent polls show Yashar leading or tied with Netanyahu’s Likud, whose 19-year tenure now faces declining coalition poll numbers.
Eisenkot founded Yashar in September 2025 after leaving the emergency coalition.
Yashar proposes commission to probe the October 7 attacks and includes Yoram Cohen and Druze activists.

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