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Israel’s newly elected Knesset met for the first time, with 120 members sworn in. Neither main bloc won a majority, and Gadi Eisenkot has been asked to try to form a government.
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Israel’s newly elected parliament met for the first time on Tuesday, with all 120 members sworn in as the country began the process of forming a government after an election in which neither main bloc won an outright majority.
President Isaac Herzog opened the Knesset’s new session. On Saturday, he asked Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government because Eisenkot’s bloc received the most recommendations, despite lacking a majority.
Eisenkot has said Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party could join his bloc if Eisenkot becomes prime minister. The report says Netanyahu is unlikely to agree. If Eisenkot fails, Herzog will appoint someone else to try to form a government.
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