President Herzog faces key choice as Israel struggles to form government
Eisenkot's bloc and Arab-led parties seek to oust Netanyahu, but failure to form government could leave him in power.
Eisenkot's bloc and Arab-led parties seek to oust Netanyahu, but failure to form government could leave him in power, Al Jazeera English reported.
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- Israel · Middle East
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- President Herzog, Arab-led, Netanyahu
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- Politics
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