After the election: Israel's President instructs Eisenkot to form a government

Jerusalem. Israeli President Izchak Herzog commissions opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot to form a government. As a spokesman for Herzog also announced, the president has invited the chairman of the centrist party Jashar to his residence in Jerusalem on Sunday at 4 p.m. CET. This was preceded by consultations with all political groups in the new parliament. Parliamentary groups with 67 of 120 MPs recommended that Eisenkot be tasked with forming a government. This now has 28 days. A one-time extension of 14 days is possible.