The anti-Netanyahu: Can Gadi Eisenkot give the world a different Israel?

After Israel’s October 27 election, President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a former military chief of staff, with forming a government. Eisenkot has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to secure a parliamentary majority; if he fails, Benjamin Netanyahu could be given a chance before new elections are called. Eisenkot may need backing from an ultra-Orthodox party and Arab parties, while persuading more right-wing members of his opposition bloc. United Torah Judaism, which declined to endorse Netanyahu, may make its support conditional on preserving the de facto protection for young ultra-Orthodox men who refuse military service.