Israeli President Herzog tasks opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after the October 27 elections.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on October 27. Neither Eisenkot's bloc nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc won a majority, leaving Arab-led parties as potential kingmakers. Eisenkot has up to six weeks to assemble a coalition.
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Divergence score
8 outlets covered it, splitting into 8 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
8 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 8 outlets placed this story
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AP News
Washington Times
Al Jazeera
The Guardian
Politico
South China Morning Post
Reuters
Le Monde
Supportive of action
Neutral
Dismissive
Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
Washington Times
Israel's president taps opposition candidate Eisenkot to form a government, in setback for Netanyahu
Republished wire copy · neutral
Al Jazeera
Israel’s president picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to form next government
Seat-count detail, war context · negative
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- Politico+48 min
- The Guardian+8.3 h
- AP News+8.3 h
- South China Morning Post+8.6 h
- Al Jazeera+8.9 h
- Le Monde+9.0 h
- Washington Times+9.1 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
The wires run near-identical copy on Herzog's mandate, while Al Jazeera and The Guardian add seat-by-seat coalition math and Eisenkot's hawkish record that the wire versions leave out.
How each outlet covered it
Broad agreement on what happened
Outlets across the spectrum land in roughly the same place: the shared language is highlighted.
THE LEFT
“Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government”G The Guardian LEFT
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THE RIGHT
“Israel's president taps opposition candidate Eisenkot to form a government, in setback for Netanyahu”WT Washington Times RIGHT
DOWN THE MIDDLE
“Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government” · AP News, Al Jazeera, Politico, South China Morning Post, Reuters, Le Monde
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APAP News Israel’s president taps opposition candidate Eisenkot to form a government, in setback for Netanyahu - AP News 1h ago PPolitico Israel’s president taps opposition candidate Eisenkot to form a government, in setback for Netanyahu 8h ago RReuters Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government 9h ago INTERNATIONAL3
AJAl Jazeera Israel’s president picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to form next government 51m ago SCSouth China Morning Post Israel’s president taps Eisenkot to form government, in setback for Netanyahu 1h ago LMLe Monde Israeli president tasks Eisenkot, Netanyahu's main opponent, with forming government 44m ago 6 tracked claims across 8 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Eisenkot has ruled out forming a government with the Arab-led parties.
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