Far-right wild card? Ex-IDF general makes election campaign a vendetta

It's unlikely that Ofer Winter will read these lines. Since launching his party, Amcha Yisrael, earlier this week, he has become one of the most talked-about figures in Israeli politics. Yet Winter is wary of the media. Journalists who covered him during his years in the IDF say he developed a deep distrust of the press: ever since the incident that first thrust him into the headlines, he has felt that the media was out to get him. Analysis Far-right Wild Card? Ex-IDF General Makes Election Campaign a Vendetta Ofer Winter's entry into politics is driven by the humiliation he felt after being passed over for promotion to major general by then-IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. Netanyahu may have given his blessing to Winter, but the PM remains wary of his new rival on the right Loading... Click the alert icon to follow topics: Comments Loading...