What to know about Gadi Eisenkot being appointed to form a government in israel
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[0:00] Israeli President Issach Hersog says
[0:02] he's appointing candidate Gaudi Eisenhot
[0:04] to form a governing coalition. Herszog's
[0:07] announcement on Sunday is a significant
[0:08] step forward for the former military
[0:10] chief who's been trying to oust Prime
[0:12] Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Neither
[0:14] Eisenot nor Netanyahu's party won a
[0:16] clear majority in the vote. Now Eisenhot
[0:19] is up to six weeks to form a coalition.
[0:21] CBS News senior reporter Dove Liieber
[0:23] has more on this process from London. So
[0:26] Dove, uh, how is this a blow to
[0:28] Netanyahu? I saw that he posted a video.
[0:30] We hadn't seen him since the election,
[0:32] more or less. Uh, and he s