Yitzhak Herzog, the president of Israel, invited Gadi Eisenkot to form the future Israeli government. Ishar's "Eisenkot" party won fewer votes than Netanyahu's Likud party in the Israeli parliamentary elections, but 67 Knesset members supported him to form a government. Eisenkot has a maximum of 6 weeks to form the government and receive a vote of confidence after the Knesset.
An interview with Meir Javadenfar, an analyst on Israel issues.