<p>Knesset has been deadlocked since election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority</p><p>Israel’s president has chosen Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival, to try to form a new government, Israeli media has reported, following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.</p><p>Isaac Herzog informed the leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, of his intention to task him with forming a government,” Herzog’s office said, adding that the formal appointment would take place in an official ceremony on Sunday at the president’s residence in Jerusalem.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/07/israel-president-gadi-eisenkot-form-government">Continue reading...</a>
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Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government
<p>Knesset has been deadlocked since election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority</p><p>Israel’s president has chosen Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival, to try to form a new government, Israeli media has reported, following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.</p><p>Isaac Herzog informed the leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, of his intention to task him with forming a government,” Herzog’s office said, adding that the formal appointment would take place in an official ceremony on Sunday at the president’s residence in Jerusalem.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/07/israel-president-gadi-eisenkot-form-government">Continue reading...</a>