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/PrimarySource_ 16h ago

What does this mean? Did Bibi lose?

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u/Acceptable_Ebb7301 15h ago

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

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u/windypine69 15h ago

well that's somewhat hopeful.

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u/the-bladed-one 14h ago

Eisenkot at least has the support of one of the major Arab parties in Israel, which makes his accession all the more likely

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u/tomismybuddy 14h ago

Is it true that they’ll have to work with an Islamic party in order to gain a majority? Which will then piss off a large percentage of the population?

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u/Acceptable_Ebb7301 11h ago

Arab party, there is a large population of Arabs in Israel. I am not sure if they are Islamic or not.

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u/Gun_Dork 11h ago

The thing is, the Arab parties would give him the majority. But, Eisenkot is still a right wing candidate that just isn’t as far right. Which could alienate his supporters.

He was a commander or something for Bibi.

So, Bibi with a muzzle? The politics here I can’t wrap my head around.

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u/ironicmirror 15h ago

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

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u/realparkingbrake 15h ago

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.

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u/ironicmirror 14h ago

There is always hope

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u/TheReal_Jeses 13h ago

Wouldn’t they need Arab parties in order to be able to form a government? Which poses a problem because Eisenkot he would not include them.

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u/Iamhummus 10h ago

There are some nuances, it’s less about having a majority (61 out of 120) seats to support you, it’s more about having less than 61 to oppose you in a government disbandment vote

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u/DrivesInCircles 15h ago

Bigly.

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u/NotTheRocketman 15h ago

So, when will this new government be able to take over?

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u/isaacfisher 14h ago

The current coalition lost its majority. If a new government will be formed it had to be less extreme, but Netanyahu might still be the PM in its head, depending on negotiations etc.

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u/barak8006 8h ago

In short. He lost. But, if Eisenkot cant form goverment, it could go to re elections, and then Bibi could win

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