Israel’s opposition leaders back Eisenkot to oust Netanyahu

Israel’s opposition leaders have agreed to back former military chief Gadi Eisenkot as prime minister, promising to replace Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as quickly as possible.The five party heads met on Tuesday in the city of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, in their first joint meeting since the October 27 election, which left neither bloc with a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Palestine weekly: Election deadlock meets West Bank sieges, Gaza killingslist 2 of 4US hits Qeshm Island, Pezeshkian signals more diplomacy: Iran war latestlist 3 of 4Iran commander sets out five conditions for regional securitylist 4 of 4Trump says US will stop giving Israel aid after year-endend of listThe agreement comes a day before President Isaac Herzog begins consultations with parties on who should form the next government.But the bloc remains divided over whether to ally with Arab-led parties, whose support could prove decisive.‘National emergency government’In a joint statement, the leaders said all their parties would recommend Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, to Herzog, and that negotiating teams would immediately begin drafting policy guidelines...