Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of trying to delegitimise Israel's inconclusive election results

Summary

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of running a campaign of delegitimisation against Israel's inconclusive election results after the Central Elections Committee said the vote was valid. Eisenkot wrote in Hebrew on X that the attempt to deny the results, undermine the public's will and drag Israel into another round of elections had failed. He was referring to allegations by Netanyahu and his allies of illegal activity to boost turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel. Eisenkot said only someone who knew they had lost would run such a campaign, even at the cost of further damaging public trust in state institutions, and that the results 'are valid and clear'. In a later post, he said the people had spoken and the government had no majority and had lost.

Timeline

1. Middle East Eye

   1 Nov 2026, 19:57 UTCSource ↗

   Middle East Eye reports that Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of a campaign of delegitimisation against the inconclusive election results, after the Central Elections Committee said the vote was valid, and said the results 'are valid and clear'.

2. Middle East Eye

   2 Nov 2026, 05:36 UTCSource ↗

   Middle East Eye reports that Eisenkot said Netanyahu and his party 'failed' to discredit the election results, calling the attempt 'vile and malicious', and that the people had spoken and the government had lost its majority.