Israeli President Isaac Herzog has chosen Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the opposition National Unity party and former military Chief of General Staff, to form a new government. This follows the October 27 election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority, though it remains the largest faction in the Knesset. Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main challenger, has refused to form alliances with Arab parties, yet Arab leaders still nominated Eisenkot during marathon talks with Herzog.