Report: Eisenkot Nears Forming Government as Netanyahu Fights for Survival

A Lebanon Debate report reviewed an article by journalist Nadav Eyal in Yedioth Ahronoth saying that Gadi Eisenkot is seeking to form an Israeli government as quickly as possible, even if he has to lead a minority government relying on Arab parties abstaining from voting against it, after securing recommendations from a large number of parliamentary blocs and an expected formal mandate from President Isaac Herzog next week. The article points to disagreements within the anti-Netanyahu camp over the nature of the coalition and the limits of cooperation with Arab and Haredi parties, while Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure and seeks to delegitimize any alternative government, amid controversy inside the Shin Bet over the investigation into suspected foreign interference in the elections.