Yitzhak Herzog, the President of Israel, announced that after consulting with the leaders of the political parties, he would appoint Gadi Eisenkot to form a new government.
According to him, in these speeches the leader of the opposition bloc of the government received the most support and recommendations of the parties for the formation of the government.
"The president informed Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Ishar party, of his decision to appoint him to form the government," the presidential office announced in its statement.
This statement said that Mr. Eisenkot will be given the official mandate to form the government on Sunday during an official ceremony at the presidential residence in Jerusalem.
In the last election in captivity, none of the coalition parties could win the quorum of 61 seats to form the government alone.
Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition won 53 seats out of 120 in the Knesset, the opposition parties 48 seats and the Arab parties 19 seats.
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