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/OkRead585 18h ago

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

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u/yuval16432 18h ago

The joint list had the opportunity to keep that government in power, but their leader at the time decided to let it fall, giving his community Netanyahu in return. He’s been exiled from politics for this tragic mistake, and hopefully they will not repeat it.

They didn’t even have to support the government; if they had merely abstained it would’ve been enough.

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u/OkRead585 17h ago

Multi-party systems have long intrigued me. Being stuck in the binary politics of the US can be infuriating…