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Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election

Opposition leader calls for change following high voter turnout, with official results pending.

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가디 아이젠코트 야샤르당 대표가 28일(현지시각) 새벽 이스라엘 텔아비브에서 총선 첫 출구조사 결과 발표 후 열린 지지자 집회에서 손짓하고 있다. AFP 연합뉴스

What this story says

  • Gadi Eisenkot urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics after the Israeli election.
  • Voter turnout was 77.7%, the highest since 1999, according to the Central Elections Committee.
  • Exit polls projected Eisenkot’s bloc and Netanyahu’s bloc each at 51 seats, with Arab parties at 18 seats.
  • Eisenkot warned Netanyahu not to misuse Israel’s security for political gain.

Who covered it

Left 14%(1)Centre 15%(1)Right 71%(5)

Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 14 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

30/100

14 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics following the general election. Eisenkot stated that voters had rejected Netanyahu's continued leadership. He also warned Netanyahu against using Israel’s security for political gain.

Turnout in the election reached 77.7%, the highest figure since 1999, according to the Central Elections Committee. Exit polls from major Israeli broadcasters projected that Eisenkot’s bloc and Netanyahu’s bloc would each secure 51 seats in the 120-seat Knesset. Arab parties were projected to win 18 seats.

Disagreement on election projections

While some exit polls projected Eisenkot’s bloc and Netanyahu’s bloc each at 51 seats, one report indicated that Channel 12 projected 52 seats for Eisenkot’s bloc and 50 for Netanyahu’s. Arab parties were projected at 18 seats in this projection as well.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports below mention the official election results are expected on November 4. None of the right-rated reports mention the Central Elections Committee figure for turnout being the highest since 1999.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 28 Oct 2026, 05:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How other outlets pictured it

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

1 rated outlet

  • The centre-rated report led with opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. It noted that the vote counting could take days. The report stated that Eisenkot had already urged Netanyahu to resign, citing reports from The Times of Israel among others.

Right

5 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on Gadi Eisenkot’s call for Benjamin Netanyahu to resign from politics. These reports highlighted Eisenkot's warning to Netanyahu not to misuse national security for political gain. They also mentioned that Eisenkot stated voters had rejected Netanyahu's leadership.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election?
Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 14% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 71% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 14. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election biased?
Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election is one event reported by 14 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Gadi Eisenkot urges Netanyahu to retire after Israeli election?
14 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Gadi Eisenkot say to Benjamin Netanyahu?
Gadi Eisenkot urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics, stating that voters had rejected his continued leadership. Eisenkot also warned Netanyahu against using Israel’s security for his own political needs.
What was the voter turnout for the Israeli election?
Voter turnout for the Israeli election was 77.7%, which was the highest since 1999, according to the Central Elections Committee. This figure was reported across multiple outlets covering the event.
What did the exit polls project for the election results?
Exit polls projected that both Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc would secure 51 seats each in the 120-seat Knesset. Arab parties were projected to win 18 seats, making them a potential deciding factor.

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Left

1

Centre

1

Right

5

Not rated

7

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