President Isaac Herzog has asked Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government.
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Bannon`s War RoomOct 28, 2026
As of the claim's date (2026-10-28) and in every source checked through 2026-11-02, President Herzog had not tasked anyone with forming a government: the final results were not yet certified, and consultations with parties were still to begin. The post's 'most likely scenario' hedge was dropped in extraction, but the claim is still contradicted as a statement of fact.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Okay, that's why there's such revulsion to these guys. So these two other parties, now these two other blocks, now have to figure out how to come together, how to form some kind of a government. Most likely scenario that we are hearing right now, Steve, is that, uh, the President Herzog asked Bibi to form a government. He has six weeks to do it. If he can't do it in six weeks, we're going back to elections, and that's gonna have all kinds of implications, given what just happened with the Arab parties, because their voting rates, as you pointed out, Steve, are so off the …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. A Reuters explainer dated 2026-10-29 says Herzog will begin consultations only after the formal final results are published the following week, and only then taps a candidate.[1]
Contradicts. CNN's 2026-10-28 live coverage says the president will first talk to the elected parties and then ask whoever has the best chance to form a government, so no one had been asked yet.[3]
Contradicts. A Reuters report dated 2026-11-02 says Herzog has yet to say whether he will give Netanyahu or rival Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a cabinet, which directly contradicts the claim that he had already asked Netanyahu.[4]
Supports. Coverage on 2026-10-28 to 2026-10-30 describes Netanyahu as remaining in charge as caretaker and says the tasking would come later, so the only route to the claim being true is an event the sources do not report.[1][2]
Context. Herzog's statements on 2026-10-28 only urged parties to keep an open mind and avoid a new election; they did not name a candidate.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Explainer: How could Israel break the election deadlock?reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 2Tough talks ahead after Israel's Netanyahu loses his majorityapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Israel election results live: Netanyahu and rival face tough battle for power with most votes counted | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 4Isaac Herzog: the mild-mannered middleman in Israel's political brawlrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Herzog urges avoiding another election, calls for 'open ...timesofisrael.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Israel election results: Netanyahu defiant despite no clear winner emerging | CNNedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context
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