Raised in Eilat, far from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Gadi Eisenkot belongs to that Sephardic Israel long looked down on by Ashkenazi elites and the army. A man who was still discreet, he began his career in the Israeli army and gradually rose through the ranks.
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Raised in Eilat, far from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Gadi Eisenkot belongs to that Sephardic Israel long looked down on by Ashkenazi elites and the army. A man who was still discreet, he began his career in the Israeli army and gradually rose through the ranks.