Israel: Eisenkot receives the keys to power and reaches out to Netanyahu

Author: DJOMANDE AzizPublished on: November 8, 2026Country: Israel

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Israel: Eisenkot receives the keys to power and reaches out to Netanyahu

On November 8, 2026, in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a prominent opposition figure, with forming Israel’s next government. Eisenkot invited Benjamin Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party to join a unity government, while Avigdor Liberman remains an obstacle in coalition negotiations. A former chief of staff who served from 2015 to 2019, Eisenkot has 28 days to form a coalition and must address Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza and the changed US political landscape after the midterm elections.

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