# Gadi Eisenkot campaigns on Moroccan roots in challenge to Netanyahu

https://mins.news/en/item/114596

- DW, 2026-10-25 09:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/gadi-eisenkot-campaigns-on-moroccan-roots-in-challenge-to-netanyahu/a-79747193?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> As Israel approaches an election, Gadi Eisenkot is highlighting his Moroccan heritage in Sderot and other areas on the country’s sociopolitical periphery. The campaign taps into longstanding divides over Mizrahi identity, while the trauma of October 7 is reshaping political loyalties in the city.

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