Israel: After Designation, Eisenkot Vows To ‘Do Everything’ To Form Government
The leader of the Israeli opposition bloc Gadi Eisenkot vowed on Saturday he would make every effort to form a new government, after President Isaac Herzog chose him for the task over incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Now is the time to form a national emergency government. I will do everything to ensure we are worthy,” Eisenkot wrote on X in his first reaction to the announcement of his designation. Israel’s president announced on Saturday he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following last week’s election, in what Netanyahu’s rivals see as a first step to remove the country’s longest-serving prime minister. The opposition bloc led by Eisenkot, a former military chief and political newcomer who has tried to appeal to secular and liberal Israelis, has o…
