Opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot has begun coalition consultations from a rented Ferris wheel above Jerusalem, rotating through its cabins so that each prospective partner can be received at eye level for exactly one full revolution. The municipality approved the installation after the candidate's office submitted a schedule covering every rotation until the arithmetic of a governing majority is complete.
Aides say the arrangement has forced an unusual order of business. Party delegations now queue at the base of the wheel in the order they were called, and each is issued a numbered seat on the next cabin. A small committee of legal advisers has been installed in the cabin beside the candidate's, where they review draft coalition terms between revolutions and return them to the base by pulley basket.
Officials at the Knesset have described the approach as the most literal interpretation of the mandate yet attempted. One senior parliamentary official said the candidate "will not leave the wheel until every seat has been visited at least once, and we have made peace with the fact that the wheel is slower than the coalition."
Neighbors in the city's central districts have adjusted their routines accordingly. Shopkeepers now time deliveries to the wheel's stops, and a bus line has rerouted to pass beneath the highest point, where delegates traditionally shout their final offers. Herzog's office confirmed that the nomination will proceed as scheduled, although it has asked for the candidate to disembark briefly for the ceremony.