Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has tasked former Israel Defence Forces chief Gadi Eisenkot, a key political rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming a new government following an inconclusive election that has left the country’s political future uncertain.

Netanyahu remains Prime Minister as the newly elected Parliament takes office. However, political commentators say the new parliamentary composition could make it increasingly difficult for Netanyahu to retain power. Eisenkot now has 28 days to secure the support needed to form a governing coalition.

Lulu Gaboo spoke to Kenneth Kgwadi, a Political Scientist and Research Fellow at the Middle East Africa Research Institute.