Gadi Eisenkot tasked with forming Israel’s next government

Gadi Eisenkot tasked with forming Israel’s next government

Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government, giving him twenty-eight days to build a coalition after a deadlocked election. Neither Eisenkot’s bloc nor Benjamin Netanyahu’s won a majority in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset, complicating coalition talks involving Arab-led parties, ultra-Orthodox factions and potential allies of the incumbent.

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