Shlomit Tana: "Everything is open, it's not too late yet" – with the negotiations to form a government

Shlomit Tana analyzes the negotiations to form a government after President Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with the mandate. Eisenkot declared a national emergency, while Netanyahu warned against a government supported by terrorist sympathizers. Lieberman initially opposed a government with the ultra-Orthodox, but after a meeting gave his blessing. Tana describes the process as convoluted and nearly impossible, and quotes Shimon Shiffer who predicts the formation of a government led by Eisenkot.

Shlomit Tana, a former journalist, writes an opinion column on the negotiations to form a government after President Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with the mandate. Eisenkot declared a national emergency, while Netanyahu warned against a government supported by terrorist sympathizers. Initially, Lieberman opposed a government with the ultra-Orthodox, and Eisenkot halted the swearing-in of the transitional government; after a meeting, Lieberman gave his blessing. Tana describes the negotiations as convoluted and fraught with obstacles, and the goal – a minority government and the removal of Netanyahu – as at times impossible. She expresses hope that Eisenkot will succeed, and quotes Shimon Shiffer who predicts the formation of a government led by him. The column incorporates songs and poems as metaphors for the political situation.