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Eisenkot gets coalition mandate as Netanyahu faces mounting pressure

South Korean coverage connects Israel's government-formation talks with Trump's reported plan to end military aid and growing opposition to the Iran war.

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버티던 네타냐후 끝내 감옥으로?…트럼프 폭탄선언에 '청천벽력' [에디터픽] / YTN

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0:07Israeli opposition leaders meet to discuss a coalition aimed at replacing Netanyahu.
0:29The report describes Trump's proposal to end military aid to Israel early.
4:02US election losses and Democratic objections put pressure on Trump's Middle East war strategy and spending.
8:25YTN reports growing support for Eisenkot as Netanyahu loses political allies.
12:15Iran links reopening the Strait of Hormuz to conditions and revisits nuclear-policy restrictions, according to the report.
17:34Iranian leadership orders full defense readiness against possible renewed US strikes, YTN reports.

Gadi Eisenkot has been given the first opportunity to form Israel's next government, according to South Korea's YTN news channel, moving the challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu from opposition meetings toward coalition negotiations.

That development, reported in a follow-up on November 8, advances the political story at the center of this compilation: Netanyahu's opponents trying to assemble a governing alternative while uncertainty over American military support adds pressure from abroad. Eisenkot, a former Israeli military chief who leads the Yashar party, still needs to turn recommendations for his candidacy into support for an actual government.

The follow-up reports that President Isaac Herzog chose Eisenkot after consultations with parliamentary parties. Arab parties' support helped secure his nomination, but YTN stresses that recommending him does not necessarily mean joining his coalition or approving its formation. Some parties oppose cooperation with Arab parties even if they remain outside the cabinet. Netanyahu, meanwhile, is calling for a national unity government.

The compilation's other central claim concerns President Donald Trump's announcement proposing an early end to roughly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel. The broadcaster presents that proposal as a potential security problem for Israel, alongside Netanyahu's weakening political position. It does not present the announcement as proof that aid deliveries have already stopped.

Washington's war debate occupies much of the report. Following Republican midterm losses, Democratic leaders question the purpose and cost of the Iran campaign. Hakeem Jeffries says: "There was never a reason to get into this war, and we need to get out of it immediately." The coverage also shows Vice President JD Vance urging attention to inflation and domestic concerns.

In Tehran, billboards targeting Trump accompany Iranian officials' celebration of the American election results. Later segments report Iranian conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and instructions from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for full defense readiness against possible renewed US strikes. An older segment revisits hostile exchanges between Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The upload's title, "버티던 네타냐후 끝내 감옥으로?…트럼프 폭탄선언에 '청천벽력' [에디터픽] / YTN", asks whether a defiant Netanyahu is finally heading to prison. That is a question in the headline, not an announced judicial outcome. The concrete political development is the government-formation mandate, and YTN's follow-up makes clear that Eisenkot's coalition negotiations remain unresolved.