Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to form government

JERUSALEM: Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Saturday that he will task Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government following a round of consultations with party leaders in which the opposition bloc leader received a majority of recommendations. “The President informed the leader of the Yashar party, Gadi Eisenkot, of his intention to task him with forming a government,” Herzog’s…