Israel's New Parliament Sworn In as Eisenkot Forms Government and Names Key Leaders

11/10/2026

Israel's new parliament is set to be sworn in Tuesday with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's camp holding a majority. Eisenkot seeks to build a...

11/10/2026

Israel's new parliament will be sworn on Tuesday, November 10, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to lose his majority as rival Gadi Eisenkot works to form a new government. The opposition...

11/10/2026

President Isaac Herzog gave Eisenkot the opportunity to form the next government in Israel on November 8.

11/10/2026

Gadi Eisenkot said the composition of the Knesset committees would be discussed and finalised during the house committee’s deliberations this week.

11/10/2026

Opposition politicians get first chance to take control of levers of power, even as they struggle to form governmentIsrael’s new Knesset will be sworn in on Tuesday, giving opposition politicians...

11/10/2026

Here are ways in which the new Parliament could turn on Netanyahu.

11/10/2026

Opposition party leaders seeking to replace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reached an agreement on key Knesset positions ahead of the opening of the 26th Knesset, with incoming...

11/08/2026

Israel’s new members of Knesset will be sworn in Tuesday. Netanyahu and his Cabinet will remain in office in a caretaker capacity, with limited powers, until a coalition is formed.

11/10/2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for a broad coalition involving opposition and ultra-Orthodox parties, saying national unity is the need of the hour as Gadi Eisenkot seeks to form...

11/09/2026

Gadi Eisenkot seeks a national unity government after Israel’s president tasks him with forming a coalition following a divided election.

11/09/2026

Netanyahu said he was prepared to hold talks with different political parties to explore the possibility of forming a broader government, stressing the need for national unity.

11/09/2026

Will Benjamin Netanyahu take up the offer? What if he does and doesn’t? Who will be in Israel's opposition then?

11/08/2026

Gadi Eisenkot secured the backing of 67 lawmakers, giving him the first opportunity to form a government, while Netanyahu seeks to retain power through a unity arrangement.

11/08/2026

Eisenkot secured the backing of 67 lawmakers in the 120-member Knesset. The announcement is scheduled for 5 pm local time (8:30 pm IST).

11/08/2026

Likud and its partners have been asked to publicly end their alliance with extremist factions before joining a government led by the former military chief.

11/10/2026

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot gets mandate to form government. There's a minefield ahead

11/08/2026

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has officially tasked former military chief and prominent opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government

11/08/2026

Eisenkot, an opposition leader and former military chief, now faces the task of securing enough support in the 120-member Knesset to build a stable coalition.

11/09/2026

Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is reportedly reaching out to the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies after he was tasked with forming a new government on Sunday.

11/09/2026

Former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot said on Sunday he will work to form a wide government as quickly as possible, but his path to power was

11/09/2026

The former military chief trying to unseat Israel’s embattled leader has promised political change but shares key positions on Gaza and Palestinian statehood Israeli General Gadi Eisenkot, Former...

11/09/2026

Netanyahu rival faces challenge of forming government after October elections left country without a clear leader

11/09/2026

When asked about the current deadlock in government formation in Israel, US President Donald Trump said that Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot shares largely similar views with Israel's current Prime...

11/09/2026

Gadi Eisenkot warned Israel was facing "one of the most vulnerable moments Israeli democracy has ever known" and called for an urgent change in leadership.

11/08/2026

Mr. Eisenkot, a career general and the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, will now have up to six weeks to form a coalition.

11/08/2026

Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief, hopes to succeed Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister by cobbling together a coalition after an inconclusive election.

11/08/2026

Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’Israel’s former military chief Gadi Eisenkot started the tough task of forming...

11/08/2026

Gadi Eisenkot, an unassuming former army chief of staff, has a pathway to Israel’s top job after President Isaac Herzog tapped him to form the next government. Should he succeed, he would take...

11/09/2026

He said building a governing coalition would require "creative and ​unconventional political steps" and added that change was needed to restore "sanity."

11/09/2026

Building a coalition with religious parties will probably require ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot to backtrack on pledges to enforce universal military conscription.

11/08/2026

Gadi Eisenkot must overcome disagreements among political parties to assemble a coalition robust enough to replace Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.

11/09/2026

Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after he secured 67 recommendations in parliament.

11/08/2026

Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his majority in recent elections

11/08/2026

Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally gave opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government Sunday evening. Complex coalition negotiations still lie ahead, but it...

11/08/2026

Following an inconclusive election, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition rival Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government, offering the former military chief up to forty-two days to...

11/08/2026

Israel's President Isaac Herzog has chosen Gadi Eisenkot over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try to form a new government.

11/08/2026

Knesset has been deadlocked since the election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majorityIsrael’s president has ⁠chosen Gadi Eisenkot, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

11/08/2026

In a decisive political shift, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has officially tasked former military chief and prominent opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot with forming the nation’s next government....

11/08/2026

Herzog's decision is another blow to Netanyahu, who lost his parliamentary majority in the election; But it does not guarantee that Eisenkot will be the next prime minister