Politics

Israeli president tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming government

President Isaac Herzog has picked former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of an anti-Netanyahu alliance, to take the first shot at trying to form a government, with tricky coalition talks expected.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 7, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

Neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor that of his rival secured a majority in last week's election.

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