Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot emerges as Netanyahu’s leading election challenger

newsTHE NEW YORK TIMES · OCT 25 · scored OCT 25

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Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot emerges as Netanyahu’s leading election challenger

A decorated former Israeli army chief has emerged as a leading election challenger after serving in the war cabinet and suffering devastating personal losses following the Oct. 7 attacks.

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Trusting Resumes Over the Lord of Nations

The article measures leadership almost entirely by military record, honesty, and polling strength. Scripture reminds readers that no human leader, however decorated or humble, secures a nation apart from God's sovereign hand over kings and kingdoms.

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Elections and generals matter, but Scripture calls believers to remember that nations rise and fall under God's sovereign hand, not human resumes alone.

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Themes · Israeli politics · military leadership · national election · war and its toll · political succession

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Psalm 146:3 (BSB)

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Warns against placing ultimate trust in princes or human leaders, relevant to political coverage praising a candidate's character.

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Daniel 2:21 (BSB)

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Affirms that God removes and establishes rulers, a needed counterweight to purely secular analysis of political fortunes.

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Proverbs 21:1 (BSB)

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Speaks to God's sovereignty over the hearts and decisions of those in power, bearing on coverage of a contested national election.

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