Israeli President Isaac Herzog invited Gadi Eisenkot to form the next Israeli government. Yesh Atid, Eisenkot’s party, won fewer votes than the Likud party led by Netanyahu in Israel’s parliamentary election, but 67 of the members who made it into the Knesset supported him to form a government. Eisenkot has up to six weeks to form the government and then obtain a vote of confidence from the Knesset.

Interview with Meir Jaavadanfard, an analyst on Israeli affairs.