00:00Israelis are divided over President Herzog's decision to pick Gadi Eisenkot to lead the country's next government.
00:07Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost his parliamentary majority in last month's election.
00:14But one thing everyone can agree on is that forming a new government won't be easy.
00:20What are the challenges you need to overcome? Wow, there are many.
00:23First of all, security. Second of all, to protect democracy.
00:27Third of all, to reverse the judicial revolution that Bibi tried to do.
00:33And then try to work with the one Arab party that will join the government, hopefully.
00:39I have no problem with the Arabs being integrated into the government.
00:43Eisenkot didn't win a majority either.
00:46Arab-led parties, meanwhile, made historic gains,
00:50leaving them as potential but politically complicated kingmakers.
00:54I don't know what's going to be, but I want to give a blessing that there should be a new
01:00understanding,
01:02a new mindset in Israel, no matter what the government is, no matter what it is,
01:05that we should be able to look at one another, be able to respect one another.
01:09And that should be, instead of focusing on a new government, it should be a new mentality,
01:13be able to look at every single person in Israel and be able to come to a new place of
01:18respect,
01:19of understanding, and that's the biggest thing that I hope will come with,
01:23no matter what the political situation is.
01:26Eisenkot has six weeks to form a new coalition.
01:30It's a challenging task in a deeply divided country,
01:34reeling from the 2023 Hamas attacks and three years of war in Gaza and beyond.
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