Eisenkot Video Says Digital Finance Idea Puts 150 Billion Shekels in Play

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, posted a campaign video on Saturday attacking Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that Israel develop alternative financial mechanisms. The video opens with the line "All of our money is at risk" and labels the digital finance concept "Bibicoin."

The video uses clips from an earlier Channel 10 interview in which Netanyahu said Israel must "prepare for an alternative economy" due to international sanctions. In that same interview, Netanyahu said digital finance would "certainly" form part of such a plan and added, "I've already asked for a plan to be prepared for that."

Eisenkot's video argues that a digital currency system would "destroy Israel" and produce "an economy like North Korea and Iran." It also claims such a shift would mean "the end of high-tech, the end of healthcare, the end of security." The video states "We must not let him burn through our savings" and questions how global high-tech investment could reach Israeli companies if digital currency were the only available method.

In a separate post on X, Eisenkot wrote that Netanyahu's own policy direction would bring international isolation and economic sanctions. "This will be the collapse of our national security," Eisenkot wrote.

The exchange follows Netanyahu's Channel 10 interview discussing alternative economic mechanisms in response to international sanctions. Eisenkot's campaign video was released on Saturday and is available on X/Twitter.

Eisenkot served as IDF chief of staff before entering politics as chairman of the Yashar party.