Binyamin Netanyahu sows discord ahead of Israel’s election

TROJAN HORSES seem to be rearing up everywhere this summer. Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has featured the wooden steed in a campaign video for Israel’s parliamentary election on October 27th. In the ad, an AI-generated Gadi Eisenkot, a former general now leading the polls, rides the horse. Lurking inside are Mansour Abbas and Yair Golan, two other opposition leaders.FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, votes in Likud party primary elections ahead of Israel’s general election in October, in Jerusalem, Monday, August. 17, 2026. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo (via REUTERS)Mr Netanyahu’s message is crude—and clear: Mr Eisenkot can only win by secretly joining forces with the Arab-Israeli Ra’am party, led by Mr Abbas, and Mr Golan’s Zionist-left De