WorldIsrael’s political deadlock: What stands in the way of Eisenkot forming the next government?

Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot said on Nov. 8 that he would work to form a broad government as quickly as possible. But the Oct. 27 election left both him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu short of a governing majority, clouding Eisenkot’s route to power. President Isaac Herzog gave him the first chance to try to form a government.