🗳 Israeli parties begin recommending candidates to form next government

◼ Religious Zionism and Shas recommend Benjamin Netanyahu to President Isaac Herzog to form the next government

◼ Yisrael Beiteinu recommends Gadi Eisenkot, while Ra’am decides to recommend the opposition leader

◼ United Torah Judaism says it will not recommend any candidate

📊 Netanyahu’s bloc holds 53 seats, the opposition 48, while Arab parties hold 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset