MK Gadi Eisenkot, a former chief of Israeli military staff, called for a million Zionists to take to the streets to demonstrate if Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected incoming government enacts “controversial elements” of its potential agenda.

“If Netanyahu harms the national interests of the State of ‘Israel’, if he harms ‘Israeli democracy’, state education, and the ‘Israel Defense Forces status’ as the national army — the way to deal with this is to get a million people onto the streets,”  Eisenkot told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in interview excerpts, adding that he would be among the marchers.

“Anyone who brings the IDF into political discourse weakens the army over the long term for short-term political gain,” he said.

Eisenkot, who joined the “National Unity” party ahead of the most recent Knesset election, has become increasingly vocal in his opposition to Netanyahu in recent days.

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