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🇮🇱 - *ISRAEL POLITICS UPDATE:* President Herzog is expected to give Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form a government early next week, earlier than planned, after he received a majority of recommendations, Yaara Shapira reports. - Meanwhile, UTJ sources say they expect formal approval from the Rabbanim soon to begin talks with the opposition bloc, if they are convinced there is a willing partner on the other side. According to Shalom Stein, the sources expect progress once Eisenkot receives the mandate, when it will become clear whether the secret negotiations were serious.