🔶 The captive president appointed Eisenkot to form the government.
Yitzhak Herzog, Israel's president, announced on Saturday (11.16) that he has decided to transfer the responsibility for forming the new government to Gadi Eisenkot, the former chief of the general staff of the army and the leader of Ishr's center party.
The Israeli Presidential Office announced that Herzog informed Eisenkot of his decision and that the official ceremony of handing over the task of forming the government will be held on Sunday (11/17) at the President's residence in Jerusalem.
This decision was made after several days of Herzog's consultation with the parties that entered the Knesset. During these negotiations, the representatives of the parties that have a total of 67 seats in the parliament proposed Eisenkot to form the government. In contrast, Benjamin Netanyahu, the current prime minister, won the support of 46 members of parliament, and seven members of parliament refused to propose a candidate. Parliamentary elections on October 27 ended without either of the two main political camps obtaining the necessary majority to form a government.