In a setback to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival has been tasked with forming the next Israeli government, placing him one step closer to ousting Israel’s longest-serving leader, even as the path remains complicated.
Gadi Eisenkot, a retired military chief who led the centrist Yashar party in the October 27 election, will have up to six weeks to try and assemble a coalition to replace Netanyahu.
Accepting the mandate, he said his “hand is extended” but the path to power is fraught with political obstacles and divisions within the opposition itself.
President Isaac Herzog officially gave Eisenkot the mandate to form a government on Sunday. HIs decision followed two days of consultations last week with all parties elected to the Knesset.
CNN, Netanyahu rival tasked with forming next Israeli government. But the path remains complicated
