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Herzog charges Eisenkot with forming Israeli government

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has tasked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with trying to form the next government. Eisenkot, who now leads the Yashar! party, is due to be officially tasked on Sunday, after parliamentary elections gave neither him nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a clear majority, according to France 24.

Gadi Eisenkot, a former Israeli chief of staff and current leader of the Yashar! party, is due to officially receive the mandate to form the next government on Sunday, the Israeli presidency announced on Saturday evening.

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