Live Updates: Eisenkot warns Israel 'approaching point of no return' while receiving mandate to form government

Mossad hands Shin Bet findings on suspected foreign election interference • Tibi declines to rule out joining Eisenkot • Eisenkot, Liberman expected to meet on Monday as part of coalition talks

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Gadi Eisenkot (L) recieves the mandate to form the 26th Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2026.
Gadi Eisenkot (L) recieves the mandate to form the 26th Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2026.
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Eisenkot, Netanyahu have 'very similar views,' Trump says, suggests both would support him

ByIDAN KWELLER
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 8, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 8, 2026.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Eric Lee)
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Shas weighs support for Eisenkot government as haredi parties seek solution to draft crisis

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A Shas party campaign poster. October 25, 2026
A Shas party campaign poster. October 25, 2026
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Mossad hands Shin Bet findings on suspected foreign election interference 

ByAMIR BOHBOT

Netanyahu taps Ofir Katz as Likud chairman for 26th Knesset

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel’s politicians must put national unity before personal ambition - opinion

ByMARC TOBIN
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Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot
Illustrative image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot
(photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90, NOAM MOSKOVITZ/KNESSET, YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
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Netanyahu is not Thatcher, but both faced the same problem: When to leave - opinion

ByNIGEL LITHMAN
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Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370
Former British PM Margaret Thatcher 370
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Shas head Arye Deri withdraws from party list, will not be in 26th Knesset - report

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, SHIR PERETS
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Arye Deri places his ballot on Election Day on October 27, 2026.
Arye Deri places his ballot on Election Day on October 27, 2026.
(photo credit: YAAKOV COHEN)
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WATCH: Eisenkot receives mandate from Herzog to form new government at President's Residence

ByKESHET NEEV
President Herzog tasks Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government following the 2026 Knesset election.
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Eisenkot, Liberman expected to meet on Monday as part of coalition negotiations

ByANNA BARSKY

Liberman defends haredi compromise amid coalition talks, vows not to abandon IDF draft principles

BySHIR PERETS
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Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026
Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026
(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)
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