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‘Teddy bear with a spine of iron’: How Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as Netanyahu’s chief election rival
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The former IDF chief, in many ways the polar opposite of Netanyahu, represents to many voters a long-forgotten type of Israeli politician, one they are eager to see in power again The post ‘Teddy bear with a spine of iron’: How Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as Netanyahu’s chief election rival appeared first on The Times of Israel.
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The text presents opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot as a strong candidate challenging Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership. According to Rule 7, since the current government is RIGHT-WING and the text highlights political opposition to it, the classification is LEFT_WING. | Rule 7 applied: The current leader/government belongs to the RIGHT-WING (Netanyahu). The text favorably contrasts opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot against Netanyahu, expressing a LEFT-WING perspective.