# Israel’s Herzog to choose government-forming candidate on Sunday

https://mins.news/en/item/131910

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-06 07:09 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/israels-herzog-to-name-a-candidate-to-form-government-on-sunday?traffic_source=rss

> President Isaac Herzog says he will name a candidate to form Israel’s next government on Sunday. A majority of lawmakers endorsed opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot rather than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but Herzog cited mutual vetoes within and between political blocs as complicating the choice.

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