After parliamentary election: Israel's president tasks Eisenkot with forming government
Opposition politician Eisenkot is missing 13 mandates for his own government majority. Arab or ultra-Orthodox parties could help him. However, both options carry great potential for conflict.
Israeli President Izchak Herzog will task opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government. Eisenkot, a key opponent of long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu, has 28 days to form a coalition, with the option to extend for 14 more days. Netanjahu's Likud party won the most seats in the October 27 election, but Eisenkot's newly founded party, Jaschar, came second with 21 seats. Eisenkot has called for a national emergency government to prevent further elections and oust Netanjahu from office.
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