Will Netanyahu retire?
Yitzhak Herzog, President of Israel, invited Gadi Eisenkot to form the cabinet. He has 28 days to form a majority coalition by winning at least 61 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.
In the event of failure, the opportunity will reach Netanyahu or another candidate, and finally, the political deadlock will lead to the early elections and Netanyahu's temporary survival in power.
The four Jewish opposition parties supporting Eisenkot have a total of 48 seats. Although the Arab parties increased his chances of becoming prime minister with 19 seats, Eisenkot and key figures such as Avigdor Lieberman refused to form a cabinet with them.
The alternative option is an alliance with ultra-orthodox parties (Shas and Torah Judaism); an option that is in serious contradiction to the opposition's commitment to end the military exemption for this group.
Despite the coalition's fragility, Eisenkot's first test will take place at the opening ceremony of the Knesset; in which the opposition seeks to oust the Speaker of the Knesset who is affiliated with Netanyahu in order to gain control of the legislative committees, establish a commission of inquiry into the October 7 fiasco and cancel Netanyahu's judicial reforms.
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