Eisenkot says it is time to form a national emergency government
Gadi EisenkotYashar party chairman, recommended by factions totaling 67 Knesset members
In a post on X minutes after the President's office announced its decision, Eisenkot says it is time to form a national emergency government and that he will do everything so that they are worthy.
“Now is the time to form a national emergency government. I will do everything so that we are worthy. (Translated from Hebrew. Original: זו העת להקמת ממשלת חירום לאומית. אעשה הכל כדי שנהיה ראויים)”
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Herzog tasks Gadi Eisenkot, not Netanyahu, with forming Israel's next government; Netanyahu had called for a national unity government
On November 7, 2026, Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced that he would task Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government. Factions totaling 67 members of the incoming 120-seat Knesset, including the two Arab-led lists, had recommended Eisenkot, and factions totaling 46 had recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hours before the announcement, Netanyahu called in a recorded video for a national unity government that would include his bloc and warned against swearing in a government with what he called supporters of terrorism. Eisenkot said it was time to form a national emergency government.
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Hebrew-language post on Gadi Eisenkot's verified X account, published about 20 minutes after the Office of the President announced that Herzog would task him with forming the government. The post carries a photo of Eisenkot and Herzog shaking hands at the President's Residence.
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JNS report on Herzog's announcement that he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the government, with the recommendation totals, Eisenkot's X post in Hebrew and English translation, Netanyahu's recorded call for a unity government and the Yashar party's response.
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Herzog announced on the evening of November 7 that he would task Eisenkot with forming the next government. Factions totaling 67 Knesset members had recommended Eisenkot during the consultations, and factions totaling 46 had backed Netanyahu.
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The post carried a photo of Eisenkot and Herzog shaking hands at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. Eisenkot will have 28 days to form a coalition, and the president can extend that by up to 14 days.
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The reference point is President Herzog's decision to task Gadi Eisenkot, rather than Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming Israel's next government. Eisenkot accepts the task and says he will use it to form a national emergency government, which supports the decision.
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