“Israeli President Herzog Tasks Eisenkot with Forming Government in Setback for Netanyahu”
“Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced Saturday that he will give former military chief Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form Israel’s next government, handing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a significant political setback nearly two weeks after the country’s parliamentary elections.”
Herzog appoints Eisenkot to form next Israeli government
Key points
President Herzog awarded Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a government.
Eisenkot leads the four-party change bloc with 48 seats.
Netanyahu’s Likud won 27 seats, leaving no majority in parliament.
Eisenkot has 28 days (extendable by 14) to form a coalition.
Arab parties Ra’am and Joint List back Eisenkot but risk conditional support.
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Neither main bloc won a Knesset majority, and Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a coalition.
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Neither main bloc won a Knesset majority, and Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a coalition.
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