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VIDEO PODCAST: Can Eisenkot build a government without Netanyahu?

With few good coalition options and just 48 out of 120 Knesset seats, Gadi Eisenkot might succeed in establishing an “emergency government,” but how long can he hold it together?

Two weeks after Israel’s October 27 election, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has received the mandate from President Isaac Herzog to form the next government. But his change bloc holds just 48 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, far short of a 61-seat majority. Reporting from Jerusalem and the Galilee, Ryan Jones and David Shishkoff break down where coalition talks stand, the options on the table, and why any government that emerges may struggle to survive a full term.

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