JerusalemPolls put Eisenkot 8 to 10 points ahead of Netanyahu.
Netanyahu could lose yet remain caretaker prime minister and seek another vote.
Polls give Eisenkot enough seats with backing from Arab parties, which his partner Avigdor Liberman rules out.
“I will not serve under Netanyahu, not even in a rotation agreement,” Eisenkot told 103FM radio last week.
Polymarket traders give Eisenkot a 52% chance of becoming prime minister and Netanyahu 28%, before Israel’s vote.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 250+ reports worldwide
- Axios
- contrasts the two candidates' biographies and speaking styles, describing Eisenkot as uncomfortable in the spotlight and no 'American' politician
- The Jerusalem Post
- frames the election-law complaint against Eisenkot's campaign manager over a Polymarket forecast giving him 52% odds
- NZ Herald leans critical
- emphasizes Trump's unprecedented endorsement of Netanyahu and Netanyahu's private pledge to US and European officials to abandon far-right partners
Sources: The Jerusalem Post, Axios, NZ Herald