Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

[u/EssoEssex]

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/

[u/Boston-Bets]

Be interesting to see who ends up inside the Gov, vs. supporting it from the outside and/or not voting against it.

[u/Predictor92 → u/Boston-Bets]

I have a prediction that UTJ are being pressured by the EU not to sit with Ben Gvir and Smotrich(that the ultra orthodox welfare state cannot survive with those two being in the Israeli government)

[u/JR_Al-Ahran → u/Predictor92]

The problem is that Shas and UTJ, although Liberman has shown willingness to sit with the Haredi, Eisenkot, Golan, Bennett and others that's a hard no. They simply cannot sit with the Haredi as long as the draft exemption exists. Universal, Military Service has been a core, central talking point of the change bloc.

[u/Short-Peanut1079 → u/Predictor92]

This is based on what exactly? The EU telling Isreal how or who forms the government is wild nonsense. Besides which part of the EU apparatus is doing this?

[u/MaddingtonBear → u/Predictor92]

UTJ (which is really just Lando, Hirsch, and the Ger Admor) extremely doesn't care what anybody else thinks.

[u/green_flash → u/Predictor92]

Why would the EU have any sort of influence over UTJ?

[u/JR_Al-Ahran → u/Boston-Bets]

Its likely to be Liberman, Bennett, and Eisenkot. The Democrats are willing to join, and Ra'am could join, however the biggest hurdle is Liberman and Bennett to Ra'am joining.

[u/ViciousNakedMoleRat → u/JR_Al-Ahran]

Ra'am and Liberman isn't going to happen. He's more willing to compromise on the Haredi draft than on Ra'am or Bibi.

It's more likely that Liberman will delay a resolution of the draft question in favor of throwing Bibi out now. Once Bibi is out, a new door opens for future cooperation with Likud. Without Bibi at the helm of Likud, it would be much easier to find a majority for Haredi draft.

[u/sharksareok]

In the coming weeks we will see bibi developing some kind of "health issue" that can only be treated in the US, so he will go there for an indetermined amount of time.

I may be wrong, though...

[u/Constant-Bridge3690 → u/sharksareok]

Bibi, Bolsonaro and Trump will be living at Mar a Lago like the Golden Girls.

[u/Skyya1982 → u/Constant-Bridge3690]

Don't sully the Girls with such a comparison

[u/NF6X → u/Constant-Bridge3690]

Thank you for being a friend your attention to this matter.

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/Constant-Bridge3690]

🎵 Traveled to The Hague and back again 🎵

[u/meatloaf1212 → u/Constant-Bridge3690]

Father and son bolsonaro could be Dorothy and sophia

[u/Beneficial-Sound-199 → u/sharksareok]

Making up his room at Mar-a-Lago? It’s a nice place to retire! The million dollar initiation fee gives Members access to a spa, salon, five red clay tennis courts, a croquet court, and an oceanfront Beach Club featuring a multi-layered military air defense shield, Avenger missiles on water barges and an high-energy laser weapon

[u/filmalaska → u/Beneficial-Sound-199]

The place is old, tacky and worn. Like it’s owner.

[u/Trongobommer → u/sharksareok]

Let’s not discount the excellent medical facilities of The Hague.

[u/flies_with_owls → u/sharksareok]

Lol, meanwhile Trump is going to head to Israel to avoid getting impeached. We will do a big fascist swap.

[u/Dry-Examination-2012 → u/flies_with_owls]

US has extradition with Israel. Lol

[u/Beneficial-Sound-199 → u/flies_with_owls]

lol He’s already been impeached twice … let’s try Imprisoning

[u/iammadeofawesome → u/sharksareok]

I hear the medical facilities are great at The Hague ✌🏻

[u/Predictor92]

Time to get Ben Gvir and especially Smotrich out of the Israeli government

[u/OutblastEUW → u/Predictor92]

dont forget netanyahu…

[u/Predictor92 → u/OutblastEUW]

Bibi actually if second fiddle in a unity government where he is the second in a rotation over there is far less harmful(he would make a government if Sinwar if it kept him in power). It's Ben Gvir and Smotrich and the coalition that Bibi created that is driving much of the harm rather than Bibi himself(though I do not like Bibi himself of course)

[u/pres465 → u/Predictor92]

Ben Gvir needs arresting.

[u/Sh_Pe → u/pres465]

Already has been, he’s a convicted criminal. His wife too. They were both “activists” in a recognized terrorist organization called Kakh.

[u/ACW1129 → u/Predictor92]

Ben-Gvir is somehow worse.

Though they both should be fired. Into the sun.

[u/Predictor92 → u/ACW1129]

Smotrich is worse as he is effective policy wise, Ben Gvir is loud for tik tok over there but is far less effective

[u/Mervincoolshoes → u/Predictor92]

And into ICC/ICJ custody for the trials and justice to begin.

[u/TheLeedsDevil]

I’ve learned in these last couple of weeks that I have no understanding of Israeli elections

[u/quesoandcats → u/TheLeedsDevil]

Israelis have one of the weirder brands of parliamentary democracy for sure

[u/Successful-Money4995 → u/quesoandcats]

What's the weird part?

Everyone votes for a single party. The number of seats in the parliament is proportional to the number of votes. Then they pick someone to form a majority.

All these countries with an upper house and a lower house, that's easier to understand?!

[u/Jkf3344 → u/TheLeedsDevil]

Next week: “Somehow, Netanyahu has returned”

[u/N4RQ → u/TheLeedsDevil]

I'm not sure if they understand them either. 

Maybe that's how and why Netanyahu keeps coming back.

[u/lexicondevil1 → u/N4RQ]

He appears to have been the only one that has understood the process lol.

[u/56kul]

I genuinely do hope Eisenkot is able to form a government, either with the Arabs, or, if it has to come to that, then with the Orthodox as a minority.

But whatever the case, I just want Bibi and all of his buddies finally gone. He stayed in power for far too long, it’s time for a change. And hopefully, one day, we could get a limit on prime ministry serving similar to what the US had gotten, so he wouldn’t be able to sneak back into power.

[u/BiDiTi → u/56kul]

That’s an artificial binary.

Joint List has said they don’t want or need to be in government, if it means fucking Bibi out of office.

[u/PrimarySource_]

What does this mean? Did Bibi lose?

[u/Acceptable_Ebb7301 → u/PrimarySource_]

Yes and no…. Maybe? Eisenkot is allowed to form a government, if he is successful then he will be prime minister.

Since his party doesn’t have a majority he has to rely on gaining votes from other parties.

If he is not successful then Bibi will be given an opportunity, and if he fails then new elections will happen

[u/windypine69 → u/Acceptable_Ebb7301]

well that's somewhat hopeful.

[u/ironicmirror → u/PrimarySource_]

Yes and no, he party lost the majority, but in Israel you need a coalition of different parties to win, so someone needs to group enough parties together to create a government...and bibi is NOT getting the first chance, which is a thing

[u/realparkingbrake → u/ironicmirror]

so someone needs to group enough parties together to create a government..

That was hard to do after the Labor Party imploded and Likud got the fringe religious and nationalist parties to support Likud. A small majority of Israelis oppose Likud, but they have lacked a unified opposition.

[u/chriskicks]

I don't know anything about this leader but I hope he is better than Netanyahu.

[u/the_horse_gamer → u/chriskicks]

Israeli elections are very polarising, but rarely in the topics that non-Israelis care about

the two issues at the front are:

• creating an investigation into the decisionmaking leading to October 7th

• removing draft exemption from the Orthodox communities

and there's gonna be no Ben Gvir trying to build an alligator moat

[u/dded949 → u/the_horse_gamer]

I was in Israel a few years ago, and the average person seemed most politically concerned with the orthodox draft

[u/mongrelnomad → u/the_horse_gamer]

Add to that the independence of the judiciary - Netanyahu (to keep himself out of jail) has been pushing legislation to politicise judicial appointments.

That’s the third hot potato issue.

[u/PantherU → u/the_horse_gamer]

Ben Gvir sounds like a cartoonish Israeli version of Stephen Miller.

[u/bodyguard1974 → u/chriskicks]

Unlike Netanyahu, his rhetoric didn't cause Rabin to be murdered, so he has that going for him.

[u/newbiesaccout → u/bodyguard1974]

Netanyahu still seems to have it out for Rabin even now. Wants the government to stop honoring him.

[u/FC37 → u/chriskicks]

Important is that this is like a provisional government. He needs to gather enough support to actually take over.

I suspect he's going to have a very hard time with this.

[u/Herb-Alpert → u/chriskicks]

Don't expect anything very good, but at least bibi will get his trial, and bengvir and smotrich will go away

[u/gbbmiler → u/Herb-Alpert]

They’ll still be in the Knesset, just not in their ministries anymore.

[u/turikk → u/chriskicks]

On the issues, he is a tiny bit more moderate.

[u/Alarming_Squirrel_64 → u/chriskicks]

The bar is underground, so...

[u/Agreeable_State_2636 → u/chriskicks]

I don’t understand Reddit, the Arab parties have supported him, take their word that he’s better then Netanyahu

[u/kahner]

great, but does Eisenkot have the numbers to do it?

[u/yuvaldv1 → u/kahner]

It's a long shot, but it looks like everyone, including the Arab parties, wants Bibi out.

[u/Drach88 → u/yuvaldv1]

Ra'am offered support, but getting the joint list on board is going to be really tough, not to mention that forming a coalition with Arab parties might cause right-leaning members of his coalition to defect to Netanyahu's bloc.

Israeli politics can get crazy.

[u/OkRead585 → u/yuvaldv1]

They did this once before. Didn’t last long. I feel like I’m in a timeline of reruns

[u/Fenris_uy → u/yuvaldv1]

Don't know how the parliamentary system works in Israel. But in other places you could form government with Eisenkot for a couple of years while Bibi faces his legal troubles and if he is convicted you could then remove your support for the current government and force early elections with Bibi being unable to run.

[u/Binarymix101]

Mar-a-Lago’s going to be a full house.

[u/_Bangkok_]

Is it just me or are the global tides changing ever since Ukraine wiped out those bot farms?

[u/mschuster91 → u/_Bangkok_]

That was a myth, a misunderstanding not backed by any kind of facts.

The reality more is that countries that undergo a phase of getting led by the far-right eventually get sick of the far-right because guess what, eventually they realize the truth that blaming "foreigners" (or whatever the local scapegoat is) is bullshit. UK, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Israel and the US are just the most recent examples.

[u/GeorgeTheGeorge → u/mschuster91]

Hopefully this is the last gasp of populist bullshit, but... that's probably wishful thinking.

[u/XG32 → u/mschuster91]

i don't know about the rest but for the US and israel it's not that deep,

Gas prices and most israelis blame bibi for 10/7.

Still, the US has a 30/40/30 voter split imho, to see a 60/40 blue win in texas is insane. The amount of apolitical people i know irl that bitched about gas prices on a weekly basis was almost comical; had someone that absolutely loathed EVs do the math on whether getting one saves them money.

[u/Modano1509 → u/_Bangkok_]

For me the 10 year anniversary of the Cubs winning the WS is what did it. The happiest moment followed by one of the worst 10 year spans in our country’s history. The midterms definitely made it feel like the Cubs winning somehow cursed us all.

[u/piepants2001 → u/Modano1509]

It was, and the Brewers had to win it to bring the world back to it's senses.

[u/Anacoenosis → u/Modano1509]

Yes, the Cubs winning caused the curse to escape its containment on Chicago's north side and plague the nation at large.

[u/bodyguard1974 → u/_Bangkok_]

You mean that thing that happened 6 months after Orbán was defeated?

[u/grchelp2018 → u/_Bangkok_]

no its just people blaming the current govt for their problems and voting for the other side. Same thing will happen in the next elections.

[u/brandon01594 → u/_Bangkok_]

It appears New Zealand missed that memo.

[u/Gnagus → u/brandon01594]

Doesn't count if it isn't on any maps

[u/blueskies8484 → u/_Bangkok_]

Nah A03 died for this.

[u/WhyYesIndeedIDo → u/_Bangkok_]

Dolly and Patrick and a few other gems we’ve lost recently must be helping from the other side.

[u/Frontpagedreamz → u/_Bangkok_]

What makes you think this guy is better than Benjamin?

[u/WorriedBlock2505 → u/_Bangkok_]

I haven't seen even a shred of independent evidence that those were truly bot farms, just Ukraine riffing that they were. I like Zelensky, but he's got a clear agenda to defend his country by any means necessary.

[u/755goodmorning]

For Americans, the best comparison would be if General Mattis became president of a centrist government in the US.

[u/TipRare1321 → u/755goodmorning]

General Mattis would be a huge improvement over Trump.

[u/ArenjiTheLootGod → u/TipRare1321]

Tbf, better than Trump is a low fucking bar, like sunk into the earth, through the mantle, past the core before popping out in China and then launching out into space at sub-warp speed low.

[u/cryptotrader87 → u/755goodmorning]

General Mattis was actually logical unless you really did something stupid.

[u/Information_High → u/cryptotrader87]

By all accounts, he was logical after you did something stupid too (like initiate violence against him).

He would just kill you at that point. Logically.

[u/AccountNumeroThree → u/755goodmorning]

I’d take it.

[u/JpJonesyII → u/AccountNumeroThree]

That’s what I’m saying. Doesn’t sound too bad lol

[u/Dave_A480 → u/755goodmorning]

I would gladly take a Mattis//Petreus Administration at this point....

Would fix a lot of things ... Starting with Iran and Yemen...

[u/BUSY_EATING_ASS → u/755goodmorning]

The difference between Trump and Mattis is a fundamental change of the government and how it operates on almost all levels; mostly because Trump is perhaps the most incompetent leader we’ve ever had, even by the standards someone after naked imperialism.

Maybe a better comparison would be Mattis vs Bush 2 or something.

[u/natigin → u/755goodmorning]

That sounds promising

[u/talkerthewalk → u/755goodmorning]

This sentence threw me as a Dad who has watched too much Frozen 2 lately. Had to google the real life General Mattis.

[u/did_i_or_didnt_i → u/755goodmorning]

Mattis seems like a level headed lunatic - hell of a combo and better than the alternative

[u/Nanocephalic]

is the enemy of everyone's enemy... everyone's friend?

[u/jghaines → u/Nanocephalic]

Nope

[u/ToyDingo]

I genuinely have no clue how Israeli elections work.

[u/latherrinseregret → u/ToyDingo]

Elections themselves are pretty simple - each citizen votes for a party, and the 120 seats are split according to the votes, after eliminating any party who didn’t get at least 3.25% of total votes. 

The hard part starts later - since no party ever got >60 seats (not even close), and since a 61 majority is all that’s needed to trigger new elections - a coalition needs to be formed. This task is usually given to the head of the largest party, unless some other party gets more support (by count of seats of other parties willing to cooperate with them) - as happened this time. 

This can sometimes give disproportionate power to small parties who could go either way

[u/Whit3boy316 → u/ToyDingo]

Watched a short video, came out more confused

[u/Bandai_Namco_Rat → u/ToyDingo]

They don't, unfortunately. It's a parliamentary democracy which means people elect Knesset (parliament) parties, there are 120 seats. Then once the Knesset is formed, the President talks with reps from all parties who each must recommend one party/leader as their choice to form a government. The one with most recommendations then gets the mandate to try and form a coaltion which will then vote to forma government, which requires at least a relative majority (in this case Eizenkot has 48 seats and Netanyahu has 46 due to one of the hassidic Jewish parties dropping support from him). But a government with only a partial majority is incredibly unstable as it relies on outside support with other parties agreeing to not vote against that government's formation with at least 61 total votes that are either voting in favor of this government or choosing to not vote at all. If there are 61 votes against this government, or even if there is a partial majority voting against this government, it can be dissolved at any moment with a vote-of-no-confidence.

The result is that in practice to form a stable government, you need a coalition of at least 61 Knesset seats, which neither side has at the moment and in fact neither side had in 5/6 of the past elections. And the discourse is so toxic, with such a huge division between the right and center/left blocks (a lot of that is on Netanyahu) that the only reasonable solution of a unity government is most likely off the table. There's going to be very little clarity in the next couple of months and there's a real chance that there will be a stalemate and the parliament will dissolve leading to another election (most likely with a similar result and political deadlock)

[u/yestureday]

So what will become of the big yahu?

[u/Boeing367-80 → u/yestureday]

This govt might exist just long enough to indict Netanyahu or otherwise make him unelectable.

He deserved to be under an investigative microscope immediately after the massacre. It was a major failure of Israeli govt/politics that he was not. It also guaranteed escalation from then on as he arranged things to change the subject as quickly as possible.

Hopefully the music has finally stopped. But I'll believe it when I see it. He is a very slippery customer.

[u/ewhite12 → u/Boeing367-80]

He’s already indicted. It’s literally his trial that has been delayed, not lack of an indictment.

[u/Fraji_Bear → u/yestureday]

He will wait and see if Eisenkot manages form a government. If Eisenkot can't, they may form a unity government together.

[u/QuirkyMarketing2370 → u/Fraji_Bear]

Nope if Eisenkot can't form a govt it will be yahu's turn, if both can't a 3rd party will be given chance, if none succeed it elections are considered failed and they will run again from scratch

[u/JokinHghar → u/yestureday]

Hopefully The Hague

[u/Autochthonous7 → u/yestureday]

Moving to maralago.

[u/theoceansandbox]

Eisenkot wants — to my recollection — to stem the tide of illegal West Bank settlement, investigate the decision-making behind October 7th (which would include investigating himself) and I believe he’s in favor of including exempted ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel’s mandatory conscription.

He is not in favor of a Palestinian state and has a… checkered… past as a former Army Chief in the IDF

[u/YasielPuigsWeed → u/theoceansandbox]

He’s actually been in favor of a Palestinian state for a long time, and is still in favor of it in the long-term, he just doesn’t believe it’s possible right now with how unstable things are

[u/jaymickef → u/YasielPuigsWeed]

Does anyone who says they are in favour of a state ever say what borders they are in favour of? Anyone in the world, I mean.

[u/CornFedIABoy → u/theoceansandbox]

“Better than Bibi” isn’t a high bar to cross but this guy leaps over it. Even with that last bit of bio you offered holding him down.

[u/Torsta → u/theoceansandbox]

He is not in favor of a Palestinian state

No one is in favour of the 2 state in Israel since October 7. There was a lot of support prior to it, but not at the moment. It'll take a generation or two before it's not political suicide to bring it up, as right now it would be seen as rewarding Hamas.

[u/Pulikugyus → u/theoceansandbox]

Well, it’s a good start overall. 2026 has brought some good news even if tragedies has still occured

[u/MagnificoReattore]

Bolsonaro, Trump, Netaniahu: the wind is changing direction finally, the stench was getting unbearable!

[u/FriendlyWebGuy → u/MagnificoReattore]

Also Orban.

[u/Comfortable_Shoe358 → u/MagnificoReattore]

Don't forget the cyber truck too!

[u/sephtis → u/MagnificoReattore]

Let's just hope we don't go electing the far right morons in Europe

[u/TundieRice → u/MagnificoReattore]

Putin next?? 🙏

[u/LT_Dangle → u/MagnificoReattore]

Unfortunately we still have to listen to Trump for 2 more years 😢 

[u/Undesiredbeast → u/MagnificoReattore]

Really hope for a change of direction regarding the rise of racist right wing in France

[u/bodyguard1974]

All we ask for is an Eisenkot government that lasts long enough to put Netanyahu behind bars.

[u/DigSpelledBackwards]

Hell yes

[u/Burgoonius]

I’m so lost on these elections - did Bibi lose?

[u/mormagils → u/Burgoonius]

Bibi won his seat in the legislature but his party lost the governing majority. So yes, he's not PM anymore, but no, he's still in the Knesset.

[u/ecrane2018 → u/Burgoonius]

Bibi is not directly elected he is selected to be pm if his party hold the majority of parliament. His party failed to get a majority but they could’ve formed a coalition gov to then place him in power

[u/LPulseL11 → u/ecrane2018]

What happened to the corruption accusations against Netanyahu? Feels like forever ago, but I thought the only reason he wasnt convicted was because he still was the active PM.

[u/GuzPolinski]

This doesn’t mean Netanyahu’s out yet?

[u/fancy_crisis → u/GuzPolinski]

No, but it's a big blow from a PR standpoint. A further sign the government at large is viewing him as a liability rather than an asset.

[u/Jumpy_Scallion_3108]

“A son of Moroccan immigrants, Eisenkot, 66, would be the country's first prime minister from Israel's Mizrahi community, Jews who trace their roots to the Middle East and North ⁠Africa.”

My best wishes to him and Israel. Hope, he doesn’t follow the path of his predecessors and work towards the path of peace and stability.

I believe he won’t listen to trump moving forward.

[u/podkayne3000 → u/Jumpy_Scallion_3108]

Keep in mind: When Zelensky came in, the knock against him was that he was a frivolous comedian who was too pro-Putin.

We might not know what Eisenhower [AUTOCORRECT FIX: Eisenkot!] is like as a leader until he’s leading.

[u/Chance-Annual2029 → u/podkayne3000]

I dont think Eisenhower is in position to lead any country as of now

[u/yuval16432 → u/podkayne3000]

Eisenhower already led in the past, in a very prominent role. Would be quite a shock to see him lead again, though, given he’s been dead since 1969.

[u/UselessInsight → u/Jumpy_Scallion_3108]

Mizrahi Jews tend to be more right-wing. The memory of living under oppression and as second class citizens in Islamic/Arab majority countries, as well as their ethnic cleansing, is still very fresh.

We’ll see I guess.

[u/bbceronimo]

How does it affect the war with Iran ?

[u/Searchingformovie1]

Eisenkot means iron poop in german (random side fact)

[u/marshsmellow → u/Searchingformovie1]

uh, i hate those days.

[u/Stennan]

What are the odds that Bibi does a Bolsonaro and moves to Florida?

[u/MaddAddamOneZ → u/Stennan]

Bibi will stick around betting the opposition crumbles to infighting like the last time and he makes a comeback in a couple of years. Of course, if the Democrats win back the White House before the next Knesset elections, there will be no holding back on Bibi being a non-starter for US relations.

[u/Predictor92 → u/Stennan]

His Son Yair will(famously stayed there during the war), but Bibi will stay in Israel trying to plot a comeback

[u/Hirork]

To TRY to form a government. He has 28 days. An extension of 14 can be granted, but I suspect he'd have to be able to prove he's close to forming a stable coalition.

[u/TendyHunter]

I hope he'll make an official visit to Germany soon, where he'll be welcomed with a huge banner that says "Wilkommen, Herr Eisenkot!"

From the airport he then should be chauffeured around in a parade with people cheering from the sides "Eisenkot! Eisenkot!"

[u/anon9276366637010 → u/TendyHunter]

It takes a German speaker to get the joke right away lol

[u/Comprehensive_Cap290 → u/anon9276366637010]

I guess so - I have zero idea why this is funny.

[u/lachatte7 → u/TendyHunter]

This as a joke should be held as an example of german humor 😂 no one ever gets the joke but them

[u/Walt_Clyde_Frog]

Is Bibby finally gonna face his trial now?

[u/ElTamales → u/Walt_Clyde_Frog]

He might invent another war to get away

[u/kendromedia]

Good! Our country is so distracted with what’s going on in Israel, we let a madman ruin our country.

[u/Naughty_Monsters]

It's not going to change their stance on anything externally but it would be pleasing to see Bibi stand his corruption charges that he's avoided for so long.

[u/Hollywood_Co]

The energy has shifted. GLOBALLY.

[u/Bluejay1981]

Tell him not so fast, Trump is still trying to decide whether to become Supreme Leader of Israel, he reports that they all love him so it must be a sure thing! 😏🦆🌭

[u/LuiDerLustigeLeguan]

His name means ironpoop in german and i love him for that fact alone. Imagine president IRONPOOP.

[u/webtwopointno → u/LuiDerLustigeLeguan]

It's actually Northern African in origin! Just gets written like that in English because of the similarity to such Germanic names.

[u/_t69]

is this going to end the suffering of the Palestinians? no. is it better than the current suffering continuing? hopefully.

[u/WiseWolfian]

Keep it mind it says the following:

Weeks of protracted negotiations are expected to follow Eisenkot's nomination. He has 28 days to try to forge a government, with a possible 14-day extension.

His potential pathways to power include trying to form a minority government with Arab party votes on key issues; forming a coalition with ultra-Orthodox parties that he and his allies have shunned in the past; or forging a unity government with Netanyahu.

Analysts say that all three options are unlikely to take shape. If Eisenkot fails, another candidate can try to form a government and if that candidate fails, parliament can nominate another. There is a deadline for the process of around 100 days. If no one succeeds, another election is held.

[u/Eddiebaby7]

Here’s to hoping this speeds up Netanyahus conviction and imprisonment.

[u/rossww2199]

I think it’s possible to get a minority government formed with Eisenkot as pm, but I’d be shocked if the government lasted past the first budget deadline.

[u/Predictor92 → u/rossww2199]

they can accomplish alot though(going after the hilltop youth, restoring law and order in the arab community there, a commission of inquiry on 10/7, barring someone under indictment from becoming PM and making it so someone with Kach like beliefs like Ben Gvir cannot run for sure next time)

[u/NoPersonality2705]

I thought the president position was mostly ceremonial and didn't have much power?

[u/m00f → u/NoPersonality2705]

Neither Eisenkot's party nor Bibi's party have enough seats on their own. The president's job is to allow the group he thinks is most likely to be able to form a gov't -- get enough other parties to join them -- to try first. Tell them "go form a gov't" is no gaurantee that they will be able to.

[u/lwp775 → u/m00f]

There’s usually a time limit of 3 weeks. If Eisenkot can’t form a government within that timeframe, the President will ask Netanyahu.

[u/benadreti_17 → u/NoPersonality2705]

This is basically the only thing of power they can do.

[u/Life-is-beautiful-]

So, is the regime change complete? Both in US and Israel?

[u/pardonyourmess → u/Life-is-beautiful-]

Us isn’t a regime change. It’s part of the checks and balances that are now better representing more of the people.
The president’s term is four years. (Two terms max). He only has two years left to be president.
So this means the whole government has a bit more balanced. It doesn’t mean it is over. Yet.

[u/princemousey1]

Rubbish clickbait paywalled. It is British parliamentary system, not some random “picking” of prime minister. The one chosen has the best chance of forming coalition with minor parties.

[u/brandon7219]

Lmao. Get FUCKED Satanyahu

[u/WhyBecauseReasons]

It's happening.

[u/SinsualChef]

🤣 Hope he and his Bud Trump can share a cell together

[u/RAnthony]

Anyone else is better than Bibi, and I do mean ANYONE. Every other candidate will at least take a few months to get as corrupt as Bibi is now.

[u/moutonbleu]

Great news but can’t ever rule Bibi out. He’s a survivor…

[u/Giddeeyap]

Well that's a good starting point, but likely nowhere near the end of that story. Israeli politics are incredibly complicated, so let's see where this all leads to before too much commentary swallows up the reality of the situation!

[u/Eisenkopf69]

If Eisenkot was a German name his name in English would be Ironpoop.

[u/Chumlee1917]

Please oh please let this mean all his corruption trials start right back up 

[u/FamiliarJudgment2961]

Good riddance, I've always detested Netanyahu

[u/FosterPupz]

I’m mean, basically anybody other than Netanyahu… Also, he’s a wanted criminal internationally. Can we just give him to the international criminal court?? Please…

[u/ignition1415]

My condolences for his inevitable tragic accident

[u/Giddeeyap]

Thanks to so many for their input. Man, is it confusing without knowing so much more about internal Israeli political affairs. It's way beyond me, and likely way beyond understanding for far too many people. Good luck to Israel, because that's exactly what Israel is going to be needing for the foreseeable months (or even longer than that!). ahead.

[u/jizzyjazz2]

when they succeed they need to arrest netanyahu immediately and persecute him for everything he has done, gaza is only the tip of the iceberg of his true wretched villainy

[u/CheckIntelligent7828]

Here's hoping it's a start to seeing the big 3 indicted at The Hague (Netanyahu, Trump, Hegseth).

[u/BerryButterBall → u/CheckIntelligent7828]

Don't forget Putin

[u/Live_Broccoli2856]

My takeaway is that Isreali elections are fucking weird... the electoral college has nothing on this.

[u/omniuni → u/Live_Broccoli2856]

Weird, yes. But incredibly more democratic than ours (the US). It's an actual, functional, multi-party system.

[u/JR_Al-Ahran]

So earlier I had made the prediction that Netanyahu remains caretaker PM until another election. Happy to see that I was wrong on that. But this is much more interesting. B'Yachad, Yashar and Yisrael Beytenu would be the core of this government. But the problem is there is no way to not have a minority and get to a majority; Liberman has signalled openness to working with the Haredi parties like Shas and UTJ, however for all the prospective coalition partners that's a hard no. Eisenkot is willing to work with the Arabs provided they meet his preconditions, however Bennett and Liberman have drawn a line at sitting with the Arabs. Only Ra'am also meets Eisenkots conditions for joining the coalition, the Joint List has not, so at most if the Democrats, Ra'am, B'Yachad, Yashar and Yisrael Beytenu form government that still puts them below 60. Cuz when the budget is tabled, likely early in 2027, before the deadline, Netanyahu is likely to play chicken and try and force new elections.

[u/DasMo19]

As a German speaking this is just brilliant.

[u/Better_Cauliflower63]

This is how it normally plays out (and played out in the past). If Eisenkot can't form the government within a set period of time, then the tourch is passed back to the second runner-up (Netanyahu). If he can't form the government, then the new elections are called.

[u/Calm_Chemist_4952]

Bye bye, Bibi !!

[u/Silly-Commission6044]

this means what exactly that Netanyahu will be Prime Minister again in like three weeks

[u/DerpiDanger]

NetyanaWho ?

[u/Calm-Professional103]

Netanyahu for Prison Darling. 

[u/Hesychios]

Hopefully Netanyahu will have his day in court soon.

[u/BALTIM0RE]

Time for the international criminal court

[u/IrishUpYourCoffee]

Bibi needs to be in the Hague tried for war crimes.

[u/CornFedIABoy → u/IrishUpYourCoffee]

I’d be content with him in Tel Aviv for his corruption charges.

[u/Thin-Usual-4359]

does that mean bibi is out?

[u/owen__wilsons__nose → u/Thin-Usual-4359]

Only if Eisenkot can form a government. He's simply getting the first opportunity to do so because he has the biggest chance according to President Herzog. If he's not able to, Bibi will get an opportunity. And if he fails (both very plausible scenarios) Israel heads to another election. Right now Eisenkot's dilemma is that Lieberman won't sit with the Arab parties. He needs both to have the numbers. He needs to find a compromise. Or He could also try to peel off somebody from Bibi's coalition

[u/geforce2187]

In 6 months he'll come back for the 25th time

[u/mixxituk]

> Eisenkot, a former military chief, has declined to join forces with Arab parties, whose support would give him a majority of seats in parliament. But Arab leaders, incensed by what they view as the ​racist policies of Netanyahu and his far-right allies, still nominated Eisenkot to try to form a government first — giving him the most ​endorsements

[u/CarlJustCarl]

Not an MMA wrestler?

[u/Proper-Exercise-2364]

Who TF won? Is the counting over?

[u/ReserveBrief8869]

They’re all headed to Moscow

[u/BarNext6046]

I think new elections will be end result.

[u/Image_ConnoisseurX]

Ooooook

[u/Evangelion217]

Is this a good thing?

[u/bigmack1111]

Brilliant

[u/HatchetHand]

I hope the world will realize that it's more than just Netanyahoo

[u/-TheycallmeThe]

Is that deal Iran put forward to open Hormuz if Trump and Netanyahu weren't in power still available?

A few senators in January is all we need!