Israel's president pledges to pick candidate on Sunday to form government
Herzog said mutual vetoes and no clear majority could force weeks of coalition talks before he names the lawmaker best placed to form a government.
- President Isaac Herzog will name a candidate to form Israel's next government by Sunday after marathon Knesset talks where 67 lawmakers backed Eisenkot and 46 backed Netanyahu.
- Israel's October 27 election left neither candidate with a clear parliamentary majority, as Netanyahu's Likud won 27 seats while his religious-nationalist coalition garnered only 53 in total.
- Eisenkot's alliance of four Jewish-led parties won 48 seats, while United Torah Judaism declined to recommend Netanyahu despite being a longstanding coalition ally.
- Herzog warned that "mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs themselves" complicate coalition assembly and will hold "personal talks with some of the party leaders" over Friday-Saturday.
- Once nominated, the candidate has 28 days to forge a government, with a possible 14-day extension, while Netanyahu remains prime minister in a caretaker capacity if no candidate succeeds.
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Israel faces weeks, if not months, of political uncertainty after the final results of the snap election showed no clear winner. Neither of the two main blocs - one led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party and the other by his main rival Gadi Eisenkot's centrist Yashar party - managed to secure the 61-seat majority needed to form a government in the 120-seat Israeli parliament, Tel Shalev, Kara Fox, Andrew Carey and Henr…
In all probability, on Sunday, the Israeli President will be appointed to form the government to the head of the opposition, General Gadi Eisenkot.
Eisenkot has received the support of 67 deputies against the 46 who support Netanyahu
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AlKhaleej TodayHerzog to name PM candidate on Sunday after 67 lawmakers back Eisenkot
TEL AVIV — Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has said he will name a candidate to form the country’s next government by Sunday, after a majority of lawmakers backed opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Herzog made the announcement on Thursday after holding marathon talks with parties elected to the 120-seat parliament, known as the Knesset.Following the meetings, Herzog said representatives of factions totaling 67…
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