The Israeli president begins the process of forming a new government
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is holding consultations with political parties to decide who will be granted the mandate to form a new government. The decision is expected to be announced on Sunday. Following an inconclusive election where no major bloc secured an absolute majority, the president is reviewing recommendations from various factions.
- The unified list, the main Arab majority formation in Israel, announced support for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government.
- Israeli-Arab parties won 19 seats in the election.
- Eisenkot’s bloc has 48 seats in the new parliament.
- Likud won the most seats of any single party with 27 in the 120-seat Knesset.
- The total number of lawmakers backing Eisenkot reached 67 in the 120-seat Knesset.
- The bloc around Benjamin Netanyahu obtained 53 seats in the Knesset.
- The Knesset requires 61 deputies for a majority.
- Arab-majority lists jumped to 19 seats.
- Gadi Eisenkot has a parliamentary majority of recommendations.
- The last election resulted in an inconclusive outcome with no majority support for Netanyahu or challengers.
- The Unified List justified its decision as responding to popular demand to prevent Netanyahu's return to power.
- The elections commission found no evidence of irregularities that compromised the integrity of the election or affected its results.
- Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party nor Gadi Eisenkot’s party secured an outright majority in parliament.
- Ultra-Orthodox parties withdrew their support for Netanyahu.
- Factions totaling 46 legislators proposed the current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Isaac Herzog has until November 11 to make a decision.
- The Raam party and the second Israeli Arab party 'United List' together secured 19 parliamentary mandates from 120.
- No main bloc among the three major ones achieved an absolute majority in parliament after the elections.
- Both Arab-majority parties supported Eisenkot.
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