Eisenkot Draws Red Line Ahead of Next Government Coalition Talks
Former IDF chief and opposition lawmaker tells Kan: rotation agreements and alternate prime minister arrangements are off the table, even to replace Netanyahu
Opposition Knesset member Gadi Eisenkot said in an interview with Kan Bet on Thursday that he categorically opposes a rotation government or any arrangement to share the prime minister's office.
"Rotation is not on the table," said Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff.
He stressed that his position is a matter of principle, which he says he has stated many times, rather than tactical opposition to a particular political move.
"I am fundamentally opposed, and I've said this dozens of times before. I am fundamentally opposed to this whole gimmick of an alternate prime minister. I oppose rotation," he said.
Eisenkot argued that whoever is elected to lead the government needs a full four-year term to carry out their agenda. "A prime minister needs to be elected for four years so he can implement plans and advance domestic and regional initiatives," he said.
Eisenkot also separated his view of the country's current leadership from his opposition to rotation arrangements. He criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the ministers who served in the cabinet during the events of October 7, but said that even replacing Netanyahu would not, in his view, justify a rotation government.
"So two separate statements: Netanyahu, like all the cabinet members on October 7, are unfit for leadership. And regarding rotation, I am categorically opposed to a rotation government and to rotation, and to all the tricks and gimmicks that have accompanied us in recent years," Eisenkot said.