# Gadi Eisenkot receives mandate to form government

https://mins.news/en/video/134635

- France 24 English, 2026-11-08 16:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u-CXetgLxg

> Israel’s opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has been tasked with forming the next government after President Isaac Herzog’s formal announcement. He has up to six weeks to negotiate with potential coalition partners and win a parliamentary majority. An alliance with Arab Israeli parties appears mathematically easiest but remains politically sensitive.

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