Gadi Eisenkot receives 67 recommendations, President Herzog to assign mandate on Sunday

Israeli President Isaac Herzog concluded consultations with party representatives. Gadi Eisenkot received 67 recommendations to form the next government, while Benjamin Netanyahu received 46. United Torah Judaism abstained. Herzog will announce the mandate recipient on Sunday.

Nadav Eyal writes an opinion column on the political crisis in Israel, ahead of Gadi Eisenkot receiving the mandate from President Herzog next week. Eisenkot, according to the author, is determined to form an emergency government as quickly as possible, even if it is a minority government. He sees this government as a national emergency government, not because of an external enemy but due to the deteriorating political and regime situation within Israel. The author warns that Eisenkot's partners, led by Lieberman and Bennett, will face difficult decisions, and asks whether they will bring down his government. Meanwhile, the author compares the situation in Israel to the US election results, where the Democrats won a large majority in Congress, and analyzes the reasons for the Republican defeat, including the cost of living and corruption. The author states that while the Americans delivered a historic punch to the administration, the Israelis gave the current government a "weak slap in the face."