Gadi Eisenkot

Aged 66, a military man – a former Chief of the General Staff – he lost a son in combat in Gaza. He presents himself as someone outside the traditional political establishment, yet a hardliner when it comes to security. His humble origins and his family’s sacrifices stand in stark contrast to the decades Netanyahu has spent in the upper echelons of power and the corruption cases against him. Eisenkot heads a new centrist party called Yashar, a term which in Hebrew means ‘upright’ or ‘honest’.