Jerusalem | Israel’s president on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival, to try to form a new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power.
Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is fighting to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but still emerged as the largest bloc in parliament.
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