Israeli president picks Netanyahu's rival Eisenkot to try to form government Israeli President Isaac Herzog picked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to try

Israeli president picks Netanyahu's rival Eisenkot to try to form government Israeli President Isaac Herzog picked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government, he said in a statement Saturday. Last month's parliamentary elections left neither Eisenkot nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a clear path to building a majority. 👉