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Summary

• JERUSALEM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has formally tasked former army chief and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the country’s next government following an inconclusive general election that left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future uncertain.
• However, reports indicate that Eisenkot has ruled out including Arab-led parties in the government leaving the precise arrangement uncertain.
• Under Israel’s Basic Law Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a government and secure the required parliamentary support.

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JERUSALEM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has formally tasked former army chief and Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the country’s next government following an inconclusive general election that left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future uncertain.

Eisenkot received the mandate at a ceremony at the President’s Residence on Sunday, November 8 after securing recommendations from 67 members of the 120-seat Knesset. Netanyahu received 46 recommendations while a seven-member faction declined to endorse either candidate.