PoliticsPhoto: Hindu WorldGadi Eisenkot Favored to Form Israeli Government After Religious Party Drops Netanyahu
On November 5, 2026, Gadi Eisenkot emerged as the leading candidate to form Israel's new government after a religious party long allied with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to recommend him. President Isaac Herzog accepted the certified election results, undermining Netanyahu's claims of vote fraud. Neither Netanyahu nor Eisenkot secured a parliamentary majority in the October 27 election, and Herzog is consulting parties before deciding whom to task with government formation.
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