Israel67 lawmakers recommended Eisenkot, 46 recommended Netanyahu.
Gadi Eisenkot’s letter warns the caretaker premier against ordering troops without an immediate threat.
President Isaac Herzog tasked Eisenkot on Sunday, but Netanyahu stays caretaker until a coalition wins the Knesset’s confidence.
Netanyahu’s office said his decisions are made solely for security reasons, in full coordination with the security establishment.
Eisenkot has 28 days to form a coalition, and his camp holds 48 of 120 seats.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Middle East Monitor
- quotes Eisenkot's warning that unnecessary security deployments could damage 'Israeli democracy and public trust' and cites the 46-member count
- MoneyControl leans critical
- centers the Knesset outburst: Sara Netanyahu's 'shameless man' exchange with Bennett over Arab Joint List ties, amplified by social-media video
- Al Jazeera Online
- foregrounds Herzog's call for an October 7 inquiry and Netanyahu's refusal to form a commission, framing the probe as the new Knesset's first fight
- TRT World
- The National leans critical
- frames the warning as a 'constitutional conflict' risk and reports Netanyahu's reported plan to resume Iran strikes to hold a unity government
Sources: Middle East Monitor, MoneyControl, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World, The National