All eyes are on Sunday in Israel! Netanyahu is backed into a corner: Who will form the government?

Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced that Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot received the support of 67 MPs for the task of forming the government.

'67 MPs WANT EİSENKOT'

Making a statement after consultations with all political groups in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, Herzog stated that the political groups representing a total of 67 deputies from the 120-seat parliament suggested that the task of forming the government be given to Eisenkot, while the groups representing 46 deputies supported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

'RESULTS ARE OPEN'

Herzog said, "The results of the consultations seem clear. However, the authority given to me by the law is to determine the person who has the capacity to form the government. Considering the mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs, this situation is not yet fully clear."

EYES ON SUNDAY

Noting that he will try to clarify the current situation by meeting directly and quickly with party leaders, Herzog said that he plans to give the mandate to form the government on Sunday. "In these talks, I will spare no effort to encourage the parties to communicate with each other and establish a stable and good government for the people of Israel," Herzog said.

WHAT HAPPENED?

In the elections held on October 27, the bloc led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won only 53 of the 120 seats in the Knesset and could not obtain the majority of 61 seats.

Parties aligned with Netanyahu's rival, Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot, won 48 seats. Thus, neither leader had a clear option to reach the required majority to form a government.

Parties representing Arabs in Israel nearly doubled their number of seats in the parliament, reaching 19 seats, and became a determining factor in terms of the balance of power. However, both Netanyahu and Eisenkot announced before the election that they would not cooperate with the parties in question.

The Joint List alliance, consisting of Arab parties, announced that they decided to support Eisenkot in the task of forming the government. It was noted that the decision was taken "in response to public demand to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government from coming to power again."