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Herzog vows to seek stable government after Israel’s coming election
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog says he will do what he can to help form a stable government after the coming election.
Recent polls suggest neither the governing coalition nor the main opposition bloc would win enough seats to govern alone.
Parties also disagree about which other groups they would accept support from to reach a majority.
After an election, the president asks the candidate with the most recommendations from parties to try to form a government, and can help mediate if no clear majority emerges.
Israel held four elections between 2019 and 2021 before forming a government, which lasted until late 2022.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid says his party will not join what he called a fake unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Herzog says he hopes election winners and losers will accept the results and that Israel can avoid another cycle of elections.
President Isaac Herzog said he would work to form a stable government after Israel’s coming election and prevent repeat elections.
Recent polls show neither the current coalition nor the main opposition bloc has enough seats to form a government alone.
Herzog said the country should wait for the results and do what is possible to avoid another cycle of elections.
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said his party would not join what he called a fake unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Who
- President Isaac Herzog said he would work to form a stable government. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid rejected a possible unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu.
- What
- Herzog pledged to try to prevent repeat elections after Israel’s coming election.
- When
- Herzog made the comments in a pre-recorded interview that aired Monday. The article was published October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Israel.
- Why
- Recent polls show neither the current coalition nor the main opposition bloc has enough seats to form a government alone.
Isaac Herzog
Yair Lapid
Government formation
Isaac Herzog
Herzog said he would do everything he could to establish a stable government and avoid repeat elections.
Yair Lapid
Lapid said he would not support another unity government with Netanyahu.
Role of unity government
Isaac Herzog
Herzog called for efforts to form a stable government after the election.
Yair Lapid
Lapid said Netanyahu would deceive his partners and bring further disasters upon Israeli citizens.
I will do everything I can to establish a stable government for Israel. But I’ll say more than that: I really, truly will do all I can so there won’t be repeat elections
We won’t participate in this, and I call on the rest of the parties in the bloc to announce ahead of time that they won’t be part of such a government
elections are not a civil war
Israel held four rounds of elections before forming a government.
The government formed after those elections ended, and the current coalition was elected.
A pre-recorded interview with Herzog aired at a conference for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
Lapid posted on X that he would not support another fake unity government.
- Polls
- Neither the current coalition nor the main opposition bloc has enough seats to govern alone
- Past election cycle
- Four rounds of elections from 2019 to 2021
- Current coalition
- Elected in late 2022
- Election role
- Herzog can ask the candidate with the most party recommendations to form a government
- Election security
- Herzog met with the heads of the Central Elections Committee and Israel’s largest tech companies
Sources
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