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Arab endorsements give Eisenkot an opening, but not a coalition

SBS News highlights a central obstacle to replacing Netanyahu: Eisenkot has ruled out joining forces with parties whose support could deliver a majority.

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SBS News Story of November 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Gadi Eisenkot has the first opportunity to form Israel's next government, but the endorsements that secured that opportunity do not yet amount to a governing agreement.

SBS News reports that President Isaac Herzog has tasked the opposition candidate with assembling a coalition after last month's deadlocked election. Its bulletin opens with demonstrations in Tel Aviv and the parliamentary options facing Benjamin Netanyahu's challenger.

"Now is the time to form a national emergency government. I will do everything to ensure we are worthy," Eisenkot says.

A separate SBS report adds an important distinction: Arab party leaders nominated Eisenkot to try first, giving him the most endorsements, even though he has declined to join forces with their parties. According to SBS, their support would give him a parliamentary majority. Receiving their backing for the presidential nomination and agreeing to govern together are different steps.

Eisenkot, who led Israel's military from 2015 to 2019, therefore faces a coalition-building problem rather than a completed transfer of power.

The wider bulletin also follows New Zealand's unresolved election and flooding in Gaza's displacement camps. There, resident Olfat Magdoub describes how quickly the weather has overwhelmed their shelter: "This is the first day of rain, and of course we are already flooded."

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