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Israel's president tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government

First reported by Infocom: 09:53, 8 November

Updated 08:15, 11 November, 15 sources

World. Photo: יהב טרודלר / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped
Photo: יהב טרודלר / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has handed the mandate to form a government to Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the opposition Yashar party and former chief of the army's General Staff. He will have 28 days, with the possibility of a 14-day extension. According to The Times of Israel, 67 lawmakers backed Eisenkot, while 46 backed Benjamin Netanyahu. In the October 27 election, no force won the required 61 seats.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Infocom09:53Balanced

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Public Radio of Armenia, 3 h 5 min later
Balanced 6 / 14 First: Infocom, 09:53
Opposition 7 / 21 First: Panorama, 51 min later
  1. Infocom (Balanced)
  2. Panorama (Opposition)
  3. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  4. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  5. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  6. News.am (Opposition)
  7. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  8. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  9. Hraparak (Opposition)
  10. 1in.am (Balanced)
  11. Radar Armenia (Balanced)
  12. CivilNet (Balanced)
  13. Ararat News (Balanced)
  14. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  15. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)

All sources

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