Dedicated Issues·1 hour ago·Saturday, November 7, 2026, 7:24 PM

Israeli President Herzog hands Gadi Eisenkot the first shot at forming a government. Netanyahu stays prime minister for now, and the math still favors deadlock over any clean ouster.

President Isaac Herzog announced Saturday that he will task former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot with trying to assemble Israel’s next government. Eisenkot, who leads the Yashar party and the broader “change bloc,” gets the formal mandate Sunday at 5 p.m. local time. He then has 28 days, extendable by up to 14 more, to secure

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