All eyes on Eisenkot: Israel’s could-be prime minister

The president has tasked the former general – and Binyamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival – with building a new government. With just six weeks and barely a third of the Knesset seats on his side, will he succeed? Russia has a stalled front line with Ukraine but is bombarding harder from the air. And why the sale of the world’s oldest biographical reference annual matters. Guests and host: Anshel Pfeffer, Israel correspondent Sondre Solstad, data journalist Catherine Nixey, Britain correspondent Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered: Israel, Gadi Eisenkot, Binyamin Netanyahu Ukraine, Russia, Vladimir Putin Who’s Who, Britain, publishing Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.