In the Oct 27 election, neither side secured a majority in a country deeply polarised by Netanyahu's hard-right rule and worn down by three years of war.

In the Oct 27 election, neither side secured a majority in a country deeply polarised by Netanyahu's hard-right rule and worn down by three years of war.

Israel's president has announced he will task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following last week's election, in what Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals see as a first step to remove the country's longest-serving prime minister.

Eisenkot is now a step closer to ousting Israel’s longest-serving premier.

Nov 7 () - Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither ma...

Nov 7 () - Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither ma...

Gadi Eisenkot secured 67 Knesset endorsements over Benjamin Netanyahu, but deep coalition divisions over Arab parties and conscription cloud his path.

Israeli president asks Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government after a deadlocked election, as Netanyahu fights to stay in office. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says he's giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says he's giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27.

Serious and unassuming, Eisenkot is in many ways the opposite of PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The language echoed far-right politicians who claim parts of Europe have come under Islamic law. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Neither side in Israel reached a majority in the October 27 election, in a country deeply polarised by Netanyahu's hard-right rule and worn down by three years of war.