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Israel president opens talks as rivals struggle to form government
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Netanyahu faces corruption charges that could lead to jail if he leaves office.
A new election may be held if no coalition is formed.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Neither Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot secured a parliamentary majority.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, begins deliberations on Wednesday to task someone to form a government.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot holds enough seats to form a majority.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Netanyahu's bloc has 53 seats, Eisenkot's has 48.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Arab-Israeli parties have 19 seats, which could help Eisenkot reach the 61-seat threshold.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog will consult with parties starting with Religious Zionism, then Likud and Yashar.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
If no one forms a government, Herzog may give the mandate to someone else or call new elections.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Netanyahu faces corruption charges and the risk of jail if he loses power.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of trying to stage a 'pogrom against democracy'.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Arab-Israeli leaders condemned the October 7 attack by Hamas without labeling Hamas as a terror group.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-03
Israel’s election commission found no fraud in last week’s vote.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Netanyahu and his supporters claimed Arab-led parties had 'stolen' the election.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
The acting director of the elections committee, Dean Livne, said no evidence supported fraud allegations.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
The results showed Netanyahu's bloc losing its parliamentary majority.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Arab-led parties made substantial gains in the election.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog will meet with elected parties to form a coalition.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
The Shin Bet intelligence service is investigating foreign interference allegations.
cred 7.5[1]2026-11-04
Itamar Ben Gvir's party rejected the election results and called for the arrest of Arab-Israeli leaders.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Israeli electoral authorities rejected Netanyahu's fraud allegations against Arab parties.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
President Herzog will receive election results and decide who forms the government.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Netanyahu accused Arab-majority lists of accepting money from Qatar.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Central Elections Committee audited 9,069 polling stations and found no fraud.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Elections Committee approved results with 15 in favor, 2 against, 14 abstaining.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Itamar Ben Gvir rejected results and called for arrest of Arab-Israeli leaders.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Eisenkot accused Likud of a 'pogrom against democracy'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog will consult leaders for 2 days and give 28 days to form a government.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Israel's President Isaac Herzog is deciding whom to task with forming the next coalition government.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Neither the camp of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor that of Gadi Eisenkot secured a majority in parliament.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog starts consultations on Wednesday with party representatives.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog has called for all efforts to be made to avoid a new election.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog told MS Now he would do everything he could to avoid a fresh election.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog was elected president in 2021 after being elected by lawmakers in a landslide.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Yair Lapid praised Herzog as 'a worthy and wonderful man who is always focused on the good of the country and the Jewish people'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog invited Netanyahu's lawyers and prosecutors to his residence for talks on the pardon issue in April.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog was elected to Israel's parliament in 2003 and held portfolios including housing, tourism and welfare.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog vied to oust Netanyahu as prime minister in 2015.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister, having governed on-and-off for nearly two decades.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
The election was seen as a referendum on Netanyahu's tenure after he pushed the country sharply to the right and unleashed a wave of wars in response to Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog told AFP in an interview in March that the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran marked a 'historical juncture'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog stressed the importance of talks with Lebanon, with the two sides sitting down the following month for direct negotiations that are still ongoing.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog's father, Chaim Herzog, served as head of Israel's military intelligence, then went on to become its ambassador to the United Nations and finally its sixth president, from 1983 to 1993.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, urged political leaders to compromise after an election with no clear winner.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog condemned 'racist' rhetoric against Arab parties and called for 'courage and goodwill'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
The election occurred more than a week after the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's bloc holds a majority in the 120-seat parliament.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
The Central Elections Committee audited 9,969 polling stations and found no evidence of fraud.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Justice Noam Sohlberg stated election results are 'binding on us all'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Eisenkot accused Netanyahu's Likud party of a 'pogrom against democracy'.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Herzog will consult leaders for two days and give a contender 28 days to form a government.
cred 6.5[1]2026-11-03
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to hold talks with party representatives before tasking one of the two men with forming the next government.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
The US vote took place just a week after an Israeli election, when Netanyahu's right-wing coalition lost its parliamentary majority.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Democrats won majorities in both the Senate and House in Tuesday's midterm election.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Benjamin Netanyahu's political rivals seized on Democrats' capture of the US Congress as proof that he had squandered bipartisan American support for Israel.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Udi Sommer predicted the incoming Democratic-controlled US Congress would be the most adversarial towards Israel in its history.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Yair Lapid said the results showed 'Israel cannot afford' for Netanyahu to remain in office.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Yair Golan said the US midterm election results 'reveal just how toxic Netanyahu is among both Democrats and Republicans'.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Trump made an election-day pledge to halt $4 billion in annual funding to Israel.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Some Democratic candidates made criticism of American military aid to Israel a prominent campaign argument.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
US support for Israel has wavered after Israel's military assault in Gaza following the 2023 Hamas attack.
cred 6.2[1]2026-11-04
Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman are unlikely to support a government reliant on the Joint List.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Dov Lipman suggested Eisenkot may fail to form a government, passing the mandate to Netanyahu.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Prof. Gideon Rahat cited the 1984-1988 national unity government as a precedent.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Netanyahu would need to make concessions to secure support from opposition leaders.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has 53 seats in the 26th Knesset.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition alliance has 48 seats.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
61 seats are needed to form a government.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Netanyahu criticized the Joint List and Ra'am for supporting terrorism and rejecting the Jewish state.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
The Joint List source told Fox News Digital that the alliance is likely to endorse Eisenkot.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
The lawmaker tasked with forming a government has 28 days, with an optional 14-day extension.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Consultations will begin with parties in ascending order of seat count.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Amir Oren suggested Herzog would likely select the candidate backed by a majority of Knesset seats.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Religious Zionism-Zehut, Otzma Yehudit, and Shas confirmed they would recommend Netanyahu.
cred 5.8[1]2026-11-04
Quotes
“In the current reality, in which there is no clear winner after the elections, I ask for originality and creativity, courage and goodwill, so that the State of Israel emerges the winner.”— Isaac Herzog [1][2]
“The continued tenure of Netanyahu and Ben Gvir could lead Israel down a path of international sanctions, international isolation and a clash with the US, our friend and most important ally.”— Yair Golan [1][2]
“There is one thing on which we must agree: election results, as lawfully determined, are binding on us all.”— Justice Noam Sohlberg [1][2]
“its investigation examined every complaint 'individually and thoroughly,' but found no evidence to support allegations that the election results were invalid.”— Dean Livne [1]
“accurately reflect the choices voters made at the ballot box”— Dean Livne [1]
“Eisenkot accused Netanyahu and his Likud party on Tuesday of trying to stage a 'pogrom against democracy'”— Eisenkot [1]
“Netanyahu has called for a broad coalition government without Arab lists”— Netanyahu [1]
“It is important to exhaust every option, broaden the dialogue and explore every path that may advance the process”— Herzog's office [1]
“Let's help us bring a real change so that there will be a different future in the region”— Isaac Herzog [1]
“I expect everyone who comes here to come with an open mind”— Isaac Herzog [1]
“I don't think the president of the United States or anybody else can intervene in my discretion”— Isaac Herzog [1]
“The Democratic landslide and the Republican wipeout encapsulate the next chapter in US-Israel relations.”— Udi Sommer [1]
“The US midterm election results 'reveal just how toxic Netanyahu is among both Democrats and Republicans'.”— Yair Golan [1]
“It endangers our security, it jeopardises our democracy, and it will ruin our standing on the global stage.”— Yair Lapid [1]
“He must then task Eisenkot with forming the next government. That does not mean Eisenkot will succeed. If he fails, he will have to return the mandate to the president.”— Amir Oren [1]
“I think it would behoove Netanyahu, Eisenkot, former Prime Minister Bennett and former Defense Minister Liberman to find a way to work together now, given the imminent clash between the apocalyptic death cult known as the Iranian regime, Israel and, by extension, the rest of the Western world.”— Dan Diker [1]
“the public in Israel does not want a government that depends on Ra'am and the Joint List—parties that support terrorism and reject the existence of the Jewish state.”— Benjamin Netanyahu [1]