Changing the balance of power?
The former chief of staff is expected to announce early next week whether to enter politics • He will not be able to fill a ministerial position in the coming months due to the cooling-off period
The cucumber season of Israeli politics ahead of the election has begun, and the hottest cucumber on the market, former chief of staff Gadi Izenkot, is expected to decide at the beginning of next week where he is headed.
MK Ofer Shelach announced: "Leaving Yesh Atid and founding a new party", today // Photo: Gil Kramer
Recently, Gideon Saar has been putting heavy pressure on Izenkot to join his new list.
The two spoke again earlier this week, and Izenkot told Saar that he would return a final answer early next week.
Saar's party claims that in the talks between the two it is noticeable and even about the fact that Izenkot tends to join them - if he eventually decides to enter the political system.
Izenkot's prominent consideration at the moment is whether to enter the political system at all now, or wait for the next election campaign.
This is due to the cooling-off period during which Izenkot will not be able to fill the position of minister in the coming months, and therefore, among other things, the delay in making the decision.
Saar is not the only one who is in pursuit of the former chief of staff. His name was raised by quite a few parties that were interested in joining him, such as Yesh Atid-TLAM, the right and the new party Shikim Huldai.
Anyone who spoke to Izenkot claims that in his views he is leaning to the right, and therefore the chances of him joining a party like Huldai's are slim.
Wants to go back and make an impact
In an interview published by Yoav Limor in "Shishvat" magazine with Gadi Izenkot last May, the former chief of staff said he wanted to "come back and make an impact." About my predecessors - Benny, Gabi, Halutz, Mofaz, Boogie, and also Back, Barak and Rabin and others.
After a break and a stay in a comfortable space you look at what is happening here, and you want to make a better country and make an impact, and get up with a gleam in your eyes.
What is the luster in the eyes?
Wait a little longer. "
In an interview, he added: "I was the military secretary of two prime ministers, Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon, and I was by their side 16-12 hours a day. I saw up close that the influence is through leadership and through action from within the systems."