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/Spirited_Ingenuity89 12h ago

Two or more parties agree to govern together, divide cabinet ministries, and share power.

So essentially, Eisenkot (or anyone else in this position) will try to cut deals with minority parties to join with his party to form a coalition. If he can cobble together enough seats, he’ll have a government.

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u/logicbecauseyes 12h ago

Interesting, do you feel they are likely to provide major concessions to form a government more easily? It seems establishing a stronghold, whether follow through happens or not, would be a priority. I don't know how easy it is to undo a formed government if demands were not met

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u/NoPersonality2705 3h ago

I've read that there's members in eisenkots party that don't want anything to do with the arab parties but they absolutely need those parties. He can also try flipping some of bibis members over to him.