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Eisenkot offers Netanyahu a unity government, but not its leadership

MIRROR NOW's report explains why the presidential mandate leaves Eisenkot with several coalition options and no assured majority.

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0:00Herzog gives Eisenkot 28 days to form a government, with a possible 14-day extension.
0:25Eisenkot invites Likud and Religious Zionist Party into a unity government, provided they accept his premiership.
0:49Recommendations to the president do not guarantee the parliamentary majority Eisenkot needs.
1:08Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties offer possible coalition routes, with military conscription emerging as a major obstacle.
2:07Netanyahu proposes his own unity arrangement; Eisenkot rules out serving under him.

Gadi Eisenkot has the president's permission to form Israel's next government. Securing enough parliamentary support is a different task.

MIRROR NOW reports that the Yashar leader has invited Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party into a national unity government, on the condition that he leads it. Eisenkot has ruled out serving under Netanyahu, who has proposed a unity arrangement of his own.

That distinction is the answer to the question in the video's title: an invitation to join is not an agreement to govern together.

President Isaac Herzog gave Eisenkot the mandate after an election that produced no clear majority. Although more lawmakers recommended Eisenkot than Netanyahu, those recommendations do not guarantee a coalition. His core bloc holds 48 seats, short of the 61 needed for a parliamentary majority.

The report lays out the alternatives and their obstacles. Support from the Joint List and Ra'am could provide a route, but Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu opposes partnerships with Arab parties. Bringing in the ultra-Orthodox parties presents another difficulty: disagreement over military conscription for religious students.

The upload drew roughly 58,000 views before its first full day, far beyond MIRROR NOW's usual start for regular videos. Its central political question is not simply whether Netanyahu accepts an invitation, but which parties would accept Eisenkot's leadership and governing terms.