An AP report on PBS News says Israeli President Isaac Herzog accepted the certified results of the 27 October 2026 election as legally binding and began consultations on 4 November on whom to designate to form a government, after Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc and Gadi Eisenkot's both fell short of a majority. It also covers Netanyahu allies' unsubstantiated fraud claims, a Shin Bet inquiry into alleged foreign funds that provided no evidence, and the attorney general's rejection of its request to interrogate Arab lawmakers.