{"id":"1794157670990-news-segment","slug":"eisenkot-gets-first-shot-at-israel-government","title":"Eisenkot gets first shot at Israel government","summary":"Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally gave Gadi Eisenkot the first mandate to form a government. In the October 27 election, Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing and religious bloc won 53 Knesset seats, Eisenkot's alliance won 48, and Arab-led parties won a record 19 — leaving no bloc with the 61 seats needed for a majority. Herzog selected Eisenkot after 67 lawmakers endorsed him, compared with 46 for Netanyahu. Eisenkot now has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to build a governing coalition.\n\nThe election reflected deep political polarization and discontent after Netanyahu's long tenure and the multi-front war. Eisenkot, a former military chief, campaigned as a unifying figure who would repair Israel's democracy and international standing. Arab-led parties surged to a record high, partly over anger at Netanyahu's government. Eisenkot rules out a formal coalition with Arab-led parties but may need outside support from them or from ultra-Orthodox parties to reach a workable majority.\n\nByron Donalds won Florida's 2026 governor race and is set to become the state's first Black governor; on “Sunday Morning Futures” he said he wants Florida to set the standard for conservative governance.\n\nIsraeli President Herzog did task Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government, but Eisenkot's own four-party alliance won only 48 Knesset seats, not a majority. He received endorsements from 67 lawmakers, which is why Herzog gave him the first chance.\n\nIsraeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the mission in Iran is “not yet complete” and that Israel is “more determined than ever” to take preemptive action, according to Al Jazeera's live reporting.\n\nBernie Sanders has warned Democrats against spending too much time investigating Trump, according to Politico.\n\nPolice said two separate shootings during homecoming weekend at a historically Black college in North Carolina left one person dead and three injured.\n\nGadi Eisenkot was officially given the first chance to form Israel's next ","publishedAt":"2026-11-08T17:07:50.990Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Byron Donalds won Florida's 2026 governor race and is set to become the state's first Black governor; on “Sunday Morning Futures” he said he wants Florida to set the standard for conservative governance.\nSource: [foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-byron-donalds-make-history-floridas-first-black-governor) NAMES: Byron Donalds = Republican congress (https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2119461052710883387)\n\nMISLEADING: Israeli President Herzog did task Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government, but Eisenkot's own four-party alliance won only 48 Knesset seats, not a majority. He received endorsements from 67 lawmakers, which is why Herzog gave him the first chance.\nSource: [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/7/israels-president-picks-eisenkot-over-netanyahu-to-form-next-government) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = former  (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119464961353130283)\n\nTRUE: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the mission in Iran is “not yet complete” and that Israel is “more determined than ever” to take preemptive action, according to Al Jazeera's live reporting.\nSource: Al Jazeera NAMES: Israel Katz = Israeli Defence Minister. (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119461191005172071)\n\nTRUE: Bernie Sanders has warned Democrats against spending too much time investigating Trump, according to Politico.\nSource: Politico NAMES: Bernie Sanders = independent U.S. senator from Vermont. (https://x.com/politico/status/2119469563041452419)\n\nTRUE: Police said two separate shootings during homecoming weekend at a historically Black college in North Carolina left one person dead and three injured.\nSource: CNN (https://x.com/CNN/status/2119471936094740834)\n\nTRUE: Gadi Eisenkot was officially given the first chance to form Israel's next government, and in a speech he said Israel is “in the midst of a destructive diplomatic crisis.” This is an opinion/argument about U.S. Middle East policy, not a checkable factual claim.\nSource: [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/7/israels-president-picks-eisenkot-over-netanyahu-to-form-next-government) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = former  (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2119473545025671415)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Byron Donalds won Florida's 2026 governor race and is set to become the state's first Black governor; on “Sunday Morning Futures” he said he wants Florida to set the standard for conservative governance.","sourceName":"[foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-byron-donalds-make-history-floridas-first-black-governor) NAMES: Byron Donalds = Republican congress","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2119461052710883387","claim":"Florida Gov.-elect Byron Donalds tells @SundayFutures he wants Florida to set the standard for conservative governance across the country. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"Israel’s president just gave Gadi Eisenkot the first shot at forming a government."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Al Jazeera English posted on X that his coalition secured a majority."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That part is wrong. Eisenkot’s four-party alliance won 48 Knesset seats. That is not a majority."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Right, but 67 lawmakers endorsed him. Netanyahu got 46 endorsements."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Endorsements, Brian, not seats. Herzog had to pick someone with a path."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And that path matters! Netanyahu’s bloc has more seats, Eisenkot has 48, and Arab-led parties won a record number. Nobody has 61."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So a minority government is likely. That is a fragile way to run a country at war."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Not necessarily. Arab-led parties may support him from outside to remove Netanyahu."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Eisenkot says he won’t formally sit with them. How does that work?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"They let him govern. He doesn’t give them ministries."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And every time he wants to strike Iran, they pull the rug out."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Maybe. But the alternative is Netanyahu again after years of war and division."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I’m not defending Netanyahu. I’m saying this is a 48-seat government pretending it has a mandate."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It has more of a mandate than Netanyahu's bloc does, if 67 lawmakers asked for him."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That’s not a mandate! That’s a negotiation tactic."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, no wait— Herzog didn’t have to choose Eisenkot. He chose the person with the broadest support."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Broad enough to fail a confidence vote in 28 days."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Eisenkot himself called it “a destructive diplomatic crisis.” He knows exactly what he’s walking into."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the defense minister the same day says the Iran mission is “not yet complete.”"},{"host":"Brian","text":"That’s why this isn’t just a political story. It’s a war story."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Israel Katz says Israel is “more determined than ever” to take preemptive action."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You think Eisenkot can hold that together?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"I think no one can. Not with 48 seats."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So you’d rather have Netanyahu with more seats and Arab parties locked out?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"I didn’t say that. I said this is unstable."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then say it plainly: instability might be better than more Netanyahu."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That’s a low bar, Brian."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It’s the bar Israel has right now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the security alerts tell you the region isn’t waiting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Mario Nawfal posted on X that the U.S. issued security alerts across a number of Middle East diplomatic missions."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The claim includes Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, and reports of Iranian plots targeting senior U.S. officials."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We couldn’t confirm the specific alerts. But after the strikes, that level of caution is plausible."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Plausible isn’t confirmed. We should be careful."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Understood. The post says renewed Houthi attacks too. That fits what we’re hearing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"If true, it’s a big deal. Eleven missions is a coordinated threat picture."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It’s a claim for now. Embassies do this quietly all the time."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fair enough, and we’ll flag it if an official source ever confirms it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meanwhile, the argument under all this hasn’t changed."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Insurrection Barbie posted on X that America’s Middle East presence isn’t because of Israel—it predates the modern state of Israel."},{"host":"Brian","text":"She’s right. U.S. strategic interest in the region goes back to Roosevelt and oil."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But the top reply says America had no enemies before Israel was “stolen.” That’s historically wrong."},{"host":"Brian","text":"More than wrong. It ignores 1940s oil, Cold War bases, all of it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Yet there’s a real point buried in the noise: support for Israel has shaped policy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Of course it has. But the idea that Israel invented America’s enemies is just false."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The U.S. fought the Barbary Wars in the early 1800s, long before Israel's founding in 1948."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. Franklin Roosevelt was meeting Ibn Saud about oil in 1945."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So we can have the policy debate without the revisionism."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I’d say that’s the only way to have it."}]}