Sources: Times of Israel, 12th Nov 2026. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-12-2026/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-producing-up-to-50-ballistic-missiles-a-month-half-its-prewar-rate-report/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-leader-trump-and-netanyahu-were-defeated-in-elections-a-positive-development-for-us/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-11-2026/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-treasury-chief-bessent-moved-to-military-base-amid-iranian-threats-sources-say/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-overnight-strike-on-gaza-hospital-targeted-top-hamas-commander-other-operatives/
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First, Vance strongly preferred negotiations with Iran, rather than military options; when it comes to a terrorist dictator state which does not honor truth nor agreements, this is a losing strategy.
I believe the American public would have been ok with a quick military operation to finish Iran’s nuclear facilities and even to finish off the regime, but the public opinion was lost during extended useless negotiation procedures: It should have been obvious that negotiations with the Iran regime would not bear fruit, and truly, no good fruit came from the negotiations. So why did Vance support the path of negotiations, only to distance himself from their failure afterward?
Second, as soon as it became clear that this strategy had failed and the voters had abandoned the Republicans as a result, then Vance threw Trump under the bus, as well as blame “the Jews” for the Republican failure. That’s like blaming the caddy for losing the golf game.
As Pesach Wolicki wrote in his excellent opinion piece, “Vance blames the Iran war, but diplomacy was the real failure (Vance has it backward):”
[“The Iran war did not fail because Israel pushed for it. It failed when Washington abandoned its objectives and gave Tehran time to survive.”]:
Sources: Jerusalem Post, 10th Nov 2026 pg 1. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-914278 Jerusalem Post, 9th Nov 2026 pg 9. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-914184
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Among the Freshmen Knesset members to be sworn in today, 10 Nov 2026, Elisha Madan lost both legs fighting Hamas on Oct 7 as a Reserve Soldier:More about Elisha Madan, the 15th member of the Likud party (where Netanyahu holds the #1 party seat), which achieved #2 position among the parties, after Yashar:
For 2026, 46 of the 120 members are freshmen.
In 2022, there were just 23 Knesset freshmen.
Yet back in the prior election of 2019, that was when 49 freshmen were elected to Knesset seats.
Other notable freshmen include:
Shira Shapiro, 10th on Yashar’s party list, is the mother of Aner Shapiro who tossed seven live Hamas grenades out of the bomb shelter near Nova party before he was killed by the eighth grenade. Aner was an unarmed off-duty soldier, age 22. His mother Shira has previously worked as urban planner and deputy director general at Heritage Ministry.
#1 on Yashar’s list, Gadi Eisenkot, while not a freshman, lost his son Gal and two of his nephews in battle since Oct 7. Previously, Eisenkot has a long military career.
Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party welcomes several freshmen including their #2, Rafi Ben Shitrit, former mayor of Beit She’an and co-founder of the October Council.
B’Yachad party (Bennet with Lapid) welcomed freshman Yonatan Shalev as the Kenesset’s youngest-ever Member, who co-founded the Shoulder to Shoulder movement.
Democrats’ party has its #5 seat for Yair “Yaya” Fink, who has served more than 210 days in army reserve duty since Oct 7.
The Religious Zionism party (with Bezalel Smotrich at #1) brings in freshman Tzvika Mor at the #5 seat, leader of the Tikva Forum, and father of Eitan Mor who was captive in Gaza for 738 days.
For more, see the linked article in the footnote.
Other parties such as Joint List (Arab citizens), Ra’am, Otzma Yehudit, and Shas, do not have direct connections to the battles of Oct 7.
In addition, there is a record number of female MK’s inducted to the Knesset as a result of this 2026 election.
Sources: Times of Israel, 10 Nov 2026. https://www.timesofisrael.com/crop-of-knesset-newcomers-bring-october-7-traumas-battle-scars-into-halls-of-power/ Record number of female MK's inducted to the Knesset: https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-914424
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Iran calculated that if they could lengthen the time via negotiations without losing, the American will to fight would evaporate as soon as things became economically uncomfortable.
If the midterm results are to be trusted, Iran was right.
Yet, on Shabbat morning, US did issue small strikes on Iran anyway:
Lazar Berman often makes a good analysis and this didn’t disappoint (2).
3 minute Video: Iran celebrates USA midterm results:
Source: Times of Israel, 7 Nov 2026. 1. https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-us-elections-iran-knows-its-strategy-is-working-against-everyone-but-israel/ 2. Lazar Berman for ToI: https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-us-elections-iran-knows-its-strategy-is-working-against-everyone-but-israel/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-07-2026/
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Why do antisemites always blame the Jews for all their problems?
It was in Americans’ best interest to prevent Iran from going nuclear; what the American people were not prepared for, was the 5 years of economic price to pay for it; they want wins in the short term, no patience.
Trump probably had good estimates of the midterm results by the time he made this call.
Trump telegraphs an end for US aid to Israel. Odd because I always saw it as investment in military tech which would be built in USA factories after research and development in Israel. I doubt that would end soon, but this is a weird signal.
If Senator ballots such as those of anti-Israel Abdul al-Sayed are not legally challenged, the pro-Islam vector of the Democratic party will surely have an effect on US policy towards Israel. Al-Sayed is an Egyptian American dual citizen who won the Democrat primary in Michigan.
