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Israeli president tasks Eisenkot with forming new government

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday tasked Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government after parliamentary elections left his bloc and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s a…

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