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Eisenkot Takes Swipe at Channel 14 Campaign Piece Before It Airs

Gadi Eisenkot calls Channel 14's documentary campaign a lie, correcting his birthplace before its airing.

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Jerusalem, 22 September, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot took a swipe at >”>Channel 14 hours before the network aired the first episode of a documentary series examining his military and political career.

Channel 14 promoted the program by describing Eisenkot as a “boy from Afula” who rose to the top of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) before entering politics.

Eisenkot seized on the biographical faux pas, arguing, “You haven’t broadcast a minute of the ‘investigation’ yet, and here is the first lie.”

Eisenkot continued, “I love Afula, but I was born in Tiberias and grew up in Eilat.”

The documentary is presented by Channel 14 as examining the decisions, perceptions, and strategic concepts that shaped Eisenkot and the IDF.

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Tuesday, 22 September 2026 Updated continuously