Gadi Eisenkot waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 28. (Reuters-Yonhap) Israel's president announced Saturday he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following an election, in what Netanyahu's rivals see as a first s»»»

World World In the Oct 27 election, neither side secured a majority in a country deeply polarised by Netanyahu's hard-right rule and worn down by three years of war. Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquar»»»