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Israeli opposition leader and head of the Yashar Party Gadi Eisenkot has been tasked with forming a new government, offering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies the opportunity to join his proposed administration.
However, Eisenkot has made it clear that any such government must operate under his leadership.
He said Netanyahu and his far-right allies would be welcome to join the new government, provided he remained in charge.
The former military chief’s proposal is primarily aimed at Netanyahu’s Likud Party and the far-right Religious Zionist Party led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Eisenkot said that if members of Likud and the Religious Zionist Party genuinely believed national unity was necessary under the current circumstances, as they had indicated to the president, he saw no reason why they should not support a government based on his proposed principles and leadership.
On Sunday, President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Eisenkot with forming a new government, citing the need for stability in Israel amid changing international circumstances following the US midterm elections.
Herzog warned that Israel was going through an extremely uncertain period.
After receiving the mandate, Eisenkot described the current situation as one of the most fragile and dangerous periods in Israeli democracy.
