{
  "id": 18456864,
  "title": "Watch: Israel’s president to select candidate to form government on Sunday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/watch-israels-president-to-select-candidate-to-form-government-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T06:54:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-israels-president-select-candidate-form-government-sunday"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to announce his chosen candidate to form a government on Sunday, November 8, following a recent election that resulted in a deadlock. According to Middle East Eye, Herzog stated that opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot was selected by parties representing 67 of parliament’s 120 lawmakers, while factions representing 46 lawmakers backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This situation arose after Israel's November 27 election failed to produce a clear majority for either Netanyahu or Eisenkot.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Israel government formation LIVE: Bennett-led B’Yachad, Arab parties back Eisenkot in PM race in setback for Netanyahu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/israel-government-formation-live-bennett-led-byachad-arab-parties",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:33:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Israel’s President Herzog to name candidate to form government on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/israels-president-herzog-to-name-candidate-to-form-government-on",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:09:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Who will form Israel government? Advantage Eisenkot, but don’t count out Netanyahu yet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/who-will-form-israel-government-advantage-eisenkot-but-dont-count-out",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:45:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}