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Khan Younis residents see little promise in Eisenkot's mandate

Guardian News adds Palestinian perspectives to Israel's government-formation story, contrasting doubts about change in Gaza with hopes voiced in Tel Aviv.

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Israelis and Palestinians react as Eisenkot given mandate to form government

Among destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, Bassam al-Ghandour draws a distinction between changing political leaders and changing policy. In Guardian News' report, he expresses little confidence that Gadi Eisenkot's opportunity to form an Israeli government will bring a different approach to Gaza.

Fellow resident Samir al-Ostaz makes the question concrete: he says neither Eisenkot nor Benjamin Netanyahu will change the blockade, high prices or hunger. Their accounts add a Palestinian perspective to a development that has prompted hopes for political change among the Israelis interviewed.

The report opens with demonstrations in Tel Aviv. Activist Liad Suez-Karni says, "we want to end the war, we want to rebuild Israel". She describes restoring democratic institutions and international alliances, and a state serving all its citizens.

Tech worker Guy Perry welcomes Eisenkot's mandate and supports forming a government with Arab parties' backing. These are individual street interviews, not a measure of opinion across either population.

According to the Guardian's report, the mandate follows a deadlocked election that left neither Eisenkot nor Netanyahu with a clear route to power. It is an opportunity to assemble a government, not confirmation that Eisenkot will become prime minister. The Guardian also notes that Eisenkot opposes creating a Palestinian state, an important distinction between the prospect of a new Israeli leadership and the policy changes the Khan Younis interviewees want.

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