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Eisenkot Receives Mandate to Form Government, Calls for Unity

By יהונתן ליס

Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba

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Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, received the mandate to form a government from President Isaac Herzog on Sunday. Eisenkot called for a national emergency government, emphasizing the need for unity and an end to the exclusion of any Israelis. President Herzog stressed the need for a stable government and an equal voice for all citizens.

The story in 4 lines · by baba

Gadi Eisenkot received the mandate to form a government from President Isaac Herzog on Sunday.
Eisenkot called for the establishment of a national emergency government for all Israelis.
He stated that "creative and extraordinary political moves" would be necessary.
President Herzog emphasized the need for a stable government and an equal voice for all citizens.

Eisenkot Receives Mandate to Form Government, Calls for Unity — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, officially received the mandate to form a government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday. Eisenkot stated his intention to "promptly send an official appeal to all Knesset factions, and call on all their members, as parties and as individuals, to be partners in establishing and swearing in the government." He emphasized the need to establish a "national emergency government," adding that "after the difficult years we have been through, we must do this differently this time. This time, for all Israelis. The days when Israelis felt excluded by their government must end, and not return again."

President Herzog stressed that "all citizens of Israel have an equal voice" and added that "the State of Israel needs a stable government, now is the time to extend a hand." Eisenkot explained that "creative and extraordinary political moves" would be required to achieve this goal, indicating that "unusual political steps will be required."