Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to form government
Eisenkot won backing from 67 lawmakers and has 28 days to assemble a coalition after elections left Israel deadlocked.
- On Saturday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced he will task opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following an inconclusive October 27 election where neither candidate secured a clear 61-seat majority.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition collapsed to 53 seats, failing to maintain the majority needed to govern, prompting President Herzog to initiate the coalition-formation process with the opposition.
- Eisenkot secured 67 recommendations from Knesset members compared to 46 for Netanyahu, though the opposition leader faces the daunting challenge of reconciling deep political divisions to build a functioning coalition.
- Under Israel's Basic Law, Eisenkot has 28 days to negotiate a coalition with a possible 14-day extension, while Netanyahu remains as caretaker prime minister until a new cabinet is sworn in.
- Eisenkot must navigate disputes over ultra-Orthodox military conscription and potential Arab-party cooperation, with failure to form a government risking new elections early next spring.
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The Israeli president has given the Yashar leader the mandate after the elections of October 27. He will have 28 days to form the new executive, with the possibility of obtaining an extension of another two weeks. The article Israel, Herzog entrusts to Eisenkot the task of forming the government comes from The Truth.
Operation impossible? Israel's President Herzog commissioned opposition leader Eisenkot to form the government. Now Eisenkot has to show enormous negotiating skill. A comment by Marcus Mäckler.
The Israeli President officially gave Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form the next government.
President Herzog entrusts him with the task, he promises "creative solutions" to form a government: "I will address an invitation to everyone, to parties and...
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