Herzog begins government talks amid uncertainty over US support

Al Araby's Jerusalem correspondent links Israel's coalition negotiations to Democratic gains in Washington and questions about future military funding.

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has begun consultations over who should try to form the next government, with uncertainty in Washington adding another layer to Israel's political negotiations, Al Araby Television's Qatar-based news channel reports.

Speaking from Jerusalem to the studio in Lusail, correspondent Ahmed Darawsheh describes two immediate concerns: assembling a governing coalition at home and assessing what Democratic control of the US Congress could mean for Israel's military plans.

Darawsheh argues that congressional approval of funding gives the incoming Democratic majority potential leverage over the US administration. He links that prospect to what he describes as Benjamin Netanyahu's pressure on President Donald Trump to launch a new war against Iran before the new Congress begins work. That is the correspondent's account of Netanyahu's calculations, rather than an announced timetable for military action.

The report also identifies a broader Israeli concern: weakening bipartisan support in the United States, including changing attitudes toward the pro-Israel lobbying organization AIPAC.

On the government-formation process, Darawsheh discusses Herzog's consultations with parties including Netanyahu's right-wing Likud and the centrist Yesh Atid. He reports that Likud is questioning the election result and refused to vote to approve it, complicating its role in the consultations.

Herzog's task is to select someone to attempt to assemble a parliamentary majority, not to settle the coalition agreement himself. Darawsheh ends by emphasizing the distinction that will determine what happens next: receiving the mandate to form a government does not mean being able to put one together.

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