Eisenkot in the campaign for the largest party, Lapid speaks out against: "This will cost us the election"
The chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu believes that if his party becomes significantly larger than Likud, voters from the other bloc will move to him. "This is the key to victory and a stable government," he…
Assessment
Gadi Eisenkot is pushing a strategy to make his party significantly larger than Likud, arguing that size will pull voters from the other bloc and create a stable government. Yair Lapid is pushing back hard, warning that this approach already failed once and cost him personally. The internal fight is about whether to compete for crossover voters or consolidate the anti-Netanyahu bloc. If Lapid is right, Eisenkot's gamble could fracture the camp and hand the election to the other side.