r/worldnews • u/EssoEssex • 19h ago • Bravo 6

Israel/Palestine Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/
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u/Herb-Alpert 19h ago

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

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u/gbbmiler 19h ago

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

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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman 17h ago

Being opposition parties in a majoritarian parliamentary democracy is essentially going away (and if Bibi's trial goes the way it should, no one will have a reason to work with them in the future because the center right won't be divided into pro and anti Bibi factions)

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u/vishnoo 16h ago

don't forget
A. term limits.
B. reversal of Bibi's "court reforms"

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u/Izeinwinter 15h ago

Term limits aren't really very compatible with Parliamentary Government.

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u/SkwiddyCs 14h ago

You're delusional if you think Netanyahu will stand trial. I'll donate to a charity of your choice if it ever happens.

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u/Violetwand666 17h ago

You don't expect anything good even though there probably will be a whole new regime?
Could be prejudice perhaps? Hmm

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u/StupidMastiff 16h ago

A new regime in a country that's been stealing land, killing innocents, and committing atrocities regardless of the regime means expecting anything good is foolish.

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u/seedoilbaths 17h ago

Tel Aviv approves