Eisenkot Sets Draft, Lebanon Red Lines After Netanyahu Unity Pitch

Yashar chair Gadi Eisenkot used a Monday Eastern Galilee conference at Tel-Hai to answer Netanyahu's pitch for a broad national government, saying he believes in unity but that the prime minister's conduct divides Israel. He set two national red lines: keep IDF forces and freedom of action in southern Lebanon until serious security arrangements and Hezbollah disarmament, and preserve the IDF as the army of the people through a fair service framework that respects Torah life while requiring real national burden-sharing. The statement turns Netanyahu's unity offer into a campaign test over security, service and trust.