Menashe Amir, an expert on Middle East affairs, said that Gadi Eisenkot's most important hope for establishing a new Israeli government is to obtain the support of the orthodox religious parties through negotiations with Lieberman. According to him, the controversy over the military service of religious people still continues and the coalition parties also rejected the participation of Arab parties in the cabinet.
Amir added that despite the political differences, it is still too early to declare Eisenkot's defeat. He also said that Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to establish a national unity government, due to his insistence on keeping the prime ministership and the current cabinet composition, is not compatible with the positions of the opposition parties.