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

https://mins.news/en/video/134929

- CNA, 2026-11-09 02:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jW7w1mHaYY

> 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.

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