Israel’s President Isaac Herzog says he will task opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government after he secured endorsements from 67 Knesset members to Benjamin Netanyahu’s 46.
Eisenkot, head of the Yashar Party, emerged as Netanyahu’s main challenger in the 27 October election, in which neither camp won a majority. Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a 61-seat coalition.
Arab parties have endorsed him, yet he has so far declined to rely on them, leaving his path to government uncertain and raising the prospect of further elections if he fails.
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