Israel’s President Isaac Herzog tasked former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday with forming a government capable of commanding the Knesset, according to Al Jazeera, and the new Knesset was sworn in on Tuesday.

Netanyahu said in a video that Israel faced a genuine risk of civil war if a government were formed with support from Arab parties. The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ), which refused to endorse Netanyahu, is reportedly preparing to back Eisenkot. The new developments are the mandate to Eisenkot, the swearing-in and the UTJ signal.