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After the Israeli elections, no party got majority. President Herzog preferred to authorize opposition leader Eisenkot to form a government. If the opposition succeeds in winning over the ultra-Orthodox, Netanyahu may face resignation.
Existenceisrael Following last month’s congressional elections, President Herzog announced today that he will prioritize empowering the Prime Ministernetanyahu His political rival Eisenkot organized a new government. Netanyahu’s opponents see it as the first step toward ousting Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
Political newcomer Gadi Eisenkot, who once served as Israel’s chief of staff, is trying to drum up support from secular and liberal figures, Agence France-Presse reported.
His opposition camp has opened the door to a coalition with ultra-Orthodox Jews, a once unlikely alliance that could give the opposition enough seats to form a coalition government.
Eisenkot posted a response on the social platform
President Isaac Herzog said this week he would give Eisenkot the first chance to form a government after the elections following consultations with all political parties.
Israel is deeply divided by the hard-right rule of Benjamin Netanyahu and tired of three years of war. In this election, no camp got majority in the Parliament.
Herzog’s office announced that a formal authorization ceremony would be held tomorrow at the Presidential Palace in Jerusalem.
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President Herzog announced that he would prefer to authorize opposition leader Eisenkot to form a new government. This was seen as a significant step forward for Netanyahu’s potential loss of the prime ministership, and also showed that the opposition has the edge in forming the cabinet.
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The opposition camp led by Eisenkot is open to forming a coalition with ultra-Orthodox Jews. If the two parties cooperate successfully, they are expected to gather enough seats in Congress to form a coalition government with enough votes.
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Since neither the hard-right nor the Netanyahu-led opposition camp gained more than half the seats in parliament, post-election cabinet formation was deadlocked. The political situation has become even more turbulent due to three years of war and severe domestic divisions.
