Eisenkot was recommended by 67 of the 120 elected Knesset members in consultations with the president. Herzog will pick the candidate he believes has the best chance of forming a government

Both Arab-majority parties backed Eisenkot, while United Torah Judaism – traditionally aligned with Netanyahu and Likud – declined to endorse either candidate

While the Democratic Party is charting a new path against Trump's policies, nearly all Jewish Israeli opposition leaders remain unwilling to accept Arab voters as full partners in determining who governs