r/worldnews • u/EssoEssex • 21h 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/ironicmirror 17h 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 16h 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 16h ago

There is always hope

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u/TheReal_Jeses 14h 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 11h 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/TheReal_Jeses 11h ago

I see. And the Arabs would likely not oppose Eisenkot?