Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he will announce on Sunday (November 8, 2026) whom he will task with trying to form a new government, after the opposition’s Gadi Eisenkot secured a commanding number of recommendations to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Herzog will make his choice, but traditionally the mandate is given to the person recommended by more parliament members. Sixty-seven picked Mr. Netanyahu, while seven abstained. Mr. Eisenkot. The party informed Mr. Once Mr. If the lawmaker fails, Mr. Herzog will then task someone else.
Eisenkot, 46 opted for Mr. Herzog said on Thursday (November 5, 2026). Both Arab lists on Thursday (November 5, 2026) said they were backing Mr. Herzog gives his mandate to a lawmaker, the person will have 28 days to form a government, with a potential 14-day extension.
“The results of the consultations may appear clear, but the authority vested in me by law is to determine who has the ability to form a government, and that is not entirely clear, given the mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs themselves,” Mr. Eisenkot’s Yashar party said on Thursday (November 5, 2026) that “the citizens of Israel have chosen change and expressed a complete lack of confidence in outgoing Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government”, and called for the “immediate establishment of a national emergency government that will begin working for all citizens of Israel”. Herzog “that it has decided not to recommend any member of the Knesset to form a government”, the president’s office said in a statement, referring to the 120-member parliament in which United Torah Judaism won seven seats. “In whatever government is next formed, our immediate item is sorting out the status of Torah students,” United Torah Judaism lawmaker Isaac Pindrus said.
