Netanyahu rival Eisenkot tipped to seek Israeli government with backing of Arab lists

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Israeli opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot is tipped to try to form a government after receiving strong backing from parties during consultations with President Isaac Herzog. The outcome follows an election in which neither Eisenkot nor incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured an outright path to government.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he will announce on Sunday whom he will task with trying to form a new government, after the opposition’s Gadi Eisenkot secured a commanding number of recommendations to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog held a second day of consultations with political parties on Thursday after the October 27 election, in which neither Netanyahu - a polarising right-winger who has led Israel through three years of war - nor Eisenkot - a former military chief...