Jerusalem67 of 120 lawmakers recommended Eisenkot over Netanyahu’s 46.
Arab-led parties’ record 19 seats supplied the majority, yet Eisenkot rules out governing with them.
Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats and Eisenkot’s Jewish-led parties 48, so neither reaches 61 without the Arab lists.
Netanyahu accuses Arab parties of stealing the vote, but the Central Election Committee said the election’s integrity held.
President Isaac Herzog names his nominee Sunday, who then has 28 days to form a government.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 600+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- TRT World leans critical
- frames Netanyahu as having led 'three years of genocide in Gaza', and notes Eisenkot is the likely mandate pick by tradition
- Al-Monitor
- Al Jazeera Online
- centers the Joint List's own statement recommending Eisenkot, framing the record 19-seat bloc as kingmaker
Sources: TRT World, Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera Online