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The Majority Meets Its First Vote

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #188 · Day 251 · Friday 6 November 2026 The Majority Meets Its First Vote Sixty-seven members of Israel's new Knesset told President Isaac Herzog they want Gadi Eisenkot as prime minister, against 46 for Benjamin Netanyahu. Herzog called the result clear and still put off the mandate to Sunday. Nineteen of the 67 sit for Arab-led parties that Eisenkot has not said he will govern with, and his ally Avigdor Liberman reportedly would rather not. On Tuesday the same 67 can show whether they can win one vote together: the choice of the Knesset's speaker. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 30 Oct · 31 Oct · 1 Nov · 2 Nov · 3 Nov · 4 Nov · 5 Nov The ledger Eisenkot has 67 recommendations and no mandate yet. After two days of consultations, Herzog said factions totalling 67 members had recommended Gadi Eisenkot and factions totalling 46 had recommended Benjamin Netanyahu, The Times of Israel reported...

The Truce Ended A Day Before The Bombs

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #187 · Day 250 · Thursday 5 November 2026 The Truce Ended A Day Before The Bombs A six-day ceasefire let aid into one occupied town. It expired on Sunday, and on Monday Russian bombs struck an aid point in the village of Komyshuvakha, where Ukrainian officials now count 40 dead and dozens missing. Both governments still say they will meet in Abu Dhabi next week. The truce showed what a narrow deal can deliver; Komyshuvakha shows what it does not cover. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 29 Oct · 30 Oct · 31 Oct · 1 Nov · 2 Nov · 3 Nov · 4 Nov The ledger Ukraine now counts 40 dead at Komyshuvakha. President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the toll from Monday's Russian strike on an aid centre in the Zaporizhzhia region to 40 on Wednesday, and said more than 30 people may still be under the rubble, Al Jazeera reported; the dead include four police officers and two rescuers. Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the Z...

Congress Changed Hands, The Trigger Did Not

TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #186 · Day 249 · Wednesday 4 November 2026 Congress Changed Hands, The Trigger Did Not Democrats won control of both houses of Congress on Tuesday, the networks projected, in a vote weighed down by the cost of the war with Iran. On the same morning the president confirmed a strike on Qeshm Island and said American military aid to Israel ends this year. Is he now a lame duck? On the war, not before 3 January: the new Congress does not sit until then, and even after it does, any binding measure to end the war must survive a veto. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 28 Oct · 29 Oct · 30 Oct · 31 Oct · 1 Nov · 2 Nov · 3 Nov The ledger Democrats won both chambers, the networks projected. CBS News projected that Democrats won control of the Senate, flipping seats including Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa and holding Georgia and New Hampshire; Republicans had held 53 of the 100 s...