# Israel’s president taps Eisenkot over Netanyahu to form next government

https://mins.news/en/item/134103

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-07 23:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/7/eisenkot-chosen-over-netanyahu-to-form-israels-next-government?traffic_source=rss

> Israel’s president asked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government instead of his rival, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains how opposition to Netanyahu brought different political parties together.

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