President Isaac Herzog is planning to begin consultations on forming Israel’s next government with the smallest Knesset factions first

President Isaac Herzog is planning to begin consultations on forming Israel’s next government with the smallest Knesset factions first, reversing the traditional order of meeting with larger parties before smaller ones. Herzog hopes the consultations will help identify a candidate capable of forming a government, as speculation grows over possible unity arrangements and negotiations involving the Chareidi parties.