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Can Gadi Eisenkot build a majority to unseat Netanyahu?
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President Isaac Herzog hands Gadi Eisenkot the mandate in Jerusalem on Sunday, the first chance to form a government.
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Netanyahu's bloc holds 53 seats. Eisenkot's four-party bloc has 48, and Arab-led parties hold 19. A majority needs 61.
- Netanyahu bloc53 seats
- Eisenkot opposition bloc48 seats
- Arab-led parties19 seats
Liberman rejects any cabinet reliant on Arab votes. Shas and United Torah Judaism add 13 seats, reaching 61, but want religious students exempt from service, while Eisenkot wants national service.
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Eisenkot said: "This is the time to establish a national emergency government. I will do anything possible to prove us worthy." He has 28 days, extendable by 14, before the mandate passes to another politician or Israel faces early elections.
“This is the time to establish a national emergency government. I will do anything possible to prove us worthy.”
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