Isaac Herzog

Much more preoccupied with recolonizing Latin America and establishing what is now possibly the history's largest drug trafficking network from the north to the south.

Now maybe looking to resign to build his own 2028 presidential campaign.

Of course, this comes...

This report, which is still not confirmed, obviously, comes just a day after JD Vance, Peter Thiel's love child, came out with this tweet.

But the votes today, they show no people are blaming you.

So do you want to be with the administration that is blamed or you want to get out of that administration? That's why J.D.

Vance, for example, he wrote what he wrote because he thinks if I need to have hope in later elections, or in the next presidential elections, I don't want to be part of the Trump administration, which it's obvious that people blame it for many things.

I need to say, no, I don't agree with that.

Gadi Eizenkot has emerged as the favorite to be tasked with trying to form an Israeli government as a religious party long aligned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to recommend him.

President Isaac Herzog was holding a second day of consultations with political parties after the October 27 election in which neither Netanyahu nor Eizenkot secured enough votes for a majority.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to remain prime minister has been weakened after ultra-Orthodox Jewish party United Torah Judaism withdrew its longstanding support for Netanyahu, and an Arab-led party endorsed his rival, Gadi Eizenkot.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has until November 11 to decide who he will nominate as the candidate to become prime minister and form Israel's parliament.

Mayan Lubel and Alexander Cornwell report for Reuters.

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Because I want to, now that that is established, the procedure, I want to examine first the Netanyahu factor.

then the Arab factor, then the Eisencoat factor, and then we're going to return to potential scenarios and who President Herzog, whose preferences I think is for a national unity government, to whom will he go first to form the government? But hold that thought.

Let's talk first about the Netanyahu factor.

Enlighten us.

Um, who he'll give the nod to to form a government.

Let's start with the National Unity Government.

So Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, is the son of a former president of Israel, Chaim Herzog.

Chaim Herzog is the one who helped push for a National Unity Government in 1984 between Likud and Labor.

Here is who is meeting Israel's president to recommend a prime minister.

Israeli party leaders were holding discussions with President Isaac Herzog on Thursday about who should get the first chance to form a governing coalition.

President Isaac Herzog of Israel was meeting with leaders and officials from the country's largest political parties on Thursday to discuss which candidate they support to become prime minister to determine whom he should tap to try to form a governing coalition.

Israelis turned out to vote in record numbers in national elections last week, but no single party or coalition was a clear winner.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party secured the most seats, but his right-wing alliance fell short of an outright majority of 61 seats in parliament, securing 53 seats.

Here is who is meeting Israel's president to recommend a prime minister.

Israeli party leaders were holding discussions with President Isaac Herzog on Thursday about who should get the first chance to form a governing coalition.

President Isaac Herzog of Israel was meeting with leaders and officials from the country's largest political parties on Thursday to discuss which candidate they support to become prime minister to determine whom he should tap to try to form a governing coalition.

Israelis turned out to vote in record numbers in national elections last week, but no single party or coalition was a clear winner.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party secured the most seats, but his right-wing alliance fell short of an outright majority of 61 seats in parliament, securing 53 seats.

Some clerics and officials say that the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge to not build a nuclear bomb.

Addressing Israeli deadlock, President Isaac Herzog, who began party meetings, is a savvy mediator whose skills could be vital after an unsettled vote.

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by Joseph Fetterman and Natalie Meltzer, Associated Press, Dateline Jerusalem.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted the certified results of last week's parliamentary elections as legally binding and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government.

The move dealt a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to discredit the vote, in which he and his allies lost their majority in parliament, known as the Knesset, while Arab-led parties made historic gains.

The elections are over.

For Vatican Radio, I am Stefan Bos, reporting.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday began consultations with political parties to determine who should be given the mandate to form the country's next government.

As Nathan Morley reports, the consultations are taking place after a general election produced no clear winner.

Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor that of his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, secured a parliamentary majority, leaving Israel facing another period of political uncertainty.