Is Israel opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot going to replace Benjamin Netanyahu?

Home Middle East To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Is Israel opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot going to replace Benjamin Netanyahu? © agences 01:29 Issued on: 06/11/2026 - 14:25 In Israel, Gadi Eisenkot emerged on Thursday, November 5, as the frontrunner to be tasked with forming a government. This comes after one of the two main parties representing ultra-Orthodox Jewish voters – a longtime ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition – declined to recommend any candidate for the task. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky reports. Keywords for this article Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Americas Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East