JerusalemEisenkot has 28 days and no majority.
Israel’s first post-Netanyahu government may rest on Arab parties it will not seat.
The Joint List, with 19 seats, will cooperate with him but not join the government, its leader Yousef Jabareen said.
Avigdor Lieberman has ruled out any minority government backed by Arab parties.
Polymarket traders give 45% to Netanyahu being out by the end of 2026, up 26 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn leans critical
- reports Eisenkot's mandate as a 28-day clock, stresses 'point of no return' framing and Netanyahu's ICC warrant as isolation evidence
- TASS
- quotes Joint List leader Jabareen on conditional cooperation: backing Eisenkot without joining the government, traded for social-services and municipal funding