Gadi Eisenkot, the former Chief of Staff of the IDF, began on Sunday, November 17, the task of forming a new government, and in the first step he turned to the allies of Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister.
The 66-year-old Eisenkot, who did not have much experience in the field before he entered politics and promised to reduce the deep political divide in Israeli exile during the Netanyahu era, officially received the task of forming the government of Yitzhak Herzog, the president of exiled Israel.
He, who is the leader of the Ishar party, has 28 days to form a new government, even though his coalition does not have a clear majority.
If Eisenkot fails to form a government by the deadline, then Netanyahu will be given an opportunity to try to form a new government.
At the ceremony of accepting this mission at the presidential office, Eisenkot said: "We are in an emergency situation and are approaching the point of no return for the captive Israeli government."
He added: "We must establish a national unity government in an emergency." "This will require creative and unconventional political actions."
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