Herzog Gives Eisenkot First Chance to Form Government

Herzog Gives Eisenkot First Chance to Form Government

Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first mandate to form a government after the inconclusive October twenty-seventh election, bypassing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Eisenkot has twenty-eight days to secure sixty-one parliamentary votes while navigating divisions over Arab parties, religious groups, military service and continuing wars across the region.

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