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00:00:10Tonight in the hive, three particularly interesting competitors. Who will crack
00:00:13our hive? A psychometric teacher, an investment manager, or
00:00:16someone who reads Wikipedia before bed? The hive.
00:00:20Come see. A few weeks ago, journalist
00:00:23Shlomi Eldar published the biggest scoop of
00:00:26his life. On that very day, he discovers
00:00:30that the love of his life has ended. A
00:00:34rare conversation in its honesty about love and
00:00:37betrayal, about the truth and the poison machine, about
00:00:40the warning given by the President of the Emirates to Netanyahu, and also about
00:00:44how to rise from the lowest
00:00:47point. And you forgot that along the way there was also cancer, but it ended with good
00:00:51news. Saturday night
00:00:53at the meeting.
00:00:57In Shafi Hischa, still here.
00:01:37Good morning, this is the Morning team. In the midterm
00:01:41elections in the United States, a grim
00:01:44picture is already emerging for President Trump
00:01:47and the Republican Party. According to the vote count in some
00:01:51states, it appears that he and his party
00:01:54are already losing the majority in Congress and the Senate,
00:01:57and the Democrats are registering victories. Joining us
00:02:00from Washington is our correspondent Nathan Guttman. Hello,
00:02:02Nathan. Hello, Arieh. Yes,
00:02:06the blue wave that the Democrats hoped for has become
00:02:10a blue tsunami.
00:02:13It's a wave of victories, a defeat for President
00:02:16Trump and the Republicans.
00:02:18We already know at this stage that the Democrats
00:02:22have secured a majority in the House of Representatives and are very
00:02:25close to securing a majority in the Senate, with a series of
00:02:28victories, some of them particularly
00:02:31surprising when we look at the states, not just
00:02:34North Carolina, South Carolina, a red
00:02:38state that elected,
00:02:40sent a Democratic
00:02:44senator, and most importantly tonight, the state of
00:02:47Texas, where James
00:02:50Talarico, the Democrat, won in that reddest of states,
00:02:53Texas, and also Gina Hinojosa
00:02:57won the gubernatorial race there. This is an earthquake
00:03:00for the Democrats. They
00:03:03managed to penetrate the strongholds, the strongholds
00:03:06of the Republicans. The vote count is still
00:03:09ongoing, we still don't know the final picture, but it is clear
00:03:13that President Trump will now have to face
00:03:16an adversarial Congress, and Trump, who has been watching the results
00:03:20all night at the White House with his advisors,
00:03:23he issued a statement saying, "If I were on the ballot, if I
00:03:27were up for election, we would have won big." But that didn't happen, and he
00:03:31also says: "I will accept the election results and I will work
00:03:35with the Democrats." The question is whether the Democrats will work with him. Nathan,
00:03:38on another matter, but important and perhaps also related to the elections, the
00:03:42midterms. President Trump surprised yesterday and announced during a phone
00:03:46interview that security aid
00:03:48to Israel, four billion dollars a year,
00:03:52will be canceled by the end of this year,
00:03:542026, two years ahead of schedule.
00:03:58Yes, the interesting question. Regarding the timing, first of all, the timing
00:04:02of the announcement, Trump says this during an interview on the morning
00:04:06of election day, ah, in response to a question of why the United States
00:04:09gives money to Israel when there are such economic
00:04:13difficulties in the United States and the high cost of living, a response to what
00:04:17critics say, so that the president also acknowledges this, and there is here the
00:04:20question of the timing of when this ends. We know that the president, that Prime
00:04:23Minister Netanyahu, was the one who initiated a gradual
00:04:26cessation of aid when it ends. The current one
00:04:30in 2028, Trump says it will end this year. Is
00:04:34this a shortening of this date or some
00:04:37misunderstanding of the process of legislation
00:04:40and budgeting? This is not clear even to people around Trump
00:04:44and also not to people in Israel. Thank you, Nathan Guttman, and we will of course
00:04:48return to you during this broadcast for more updates from the
00:04:51midterm elections in America. Now, to what is happening here
00:04:55following the elections, today a round of
00:04:58consultations is expected to begin at the President's Residence
00:05:02with representatives of the various factions that were elected, who will recommend
00:05:05to the President their candidate for forming the next government.
00:05:08Before that, the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam, is expected
00:05:13to officially present the election results to President Herzog,
00:05:16however, coalition members on the committee demanded yesterday that Solberg first
00:05:20present them with the findings regarding suspicions of foreign influence
00:05:24in the elections before the results are approved. Our correspondent Dikla Aharon
00:05:28reports this morning on the political and legal drama
00:05:32just before the start of the ascent to the President's Residence.
00:05:35Judge Solberg clarified yesterday that representatives of the outgoing Knesset factions
00:05:39are not authorized, due to any suspicion whatsoever, to prevent
00:05:43the convening of the elected Knesset, this after all representatives of the
00:05:47Netanyahu bloc on the committee demanded an urgent discussion and said that
00:05:50the election results should not be published before the information presented
00:05:53to Solberg and the evidence accumulated regarding suspicions
00:05:56of foreign influence on the course of the elections were given to them.
00:05:59The chairman of the Central Elections Committee clarified yesterday
00:06:03further that the election results will be published on time and that
00:06:06any damage to the integrity of the elections will be discussed in court. Judge
00:06:10Solberg said that today's discussion to approve the results will be brought
00:06:13forward by two hours, and also that he asked the head of the Shin Bet to reveal to
00:06:16the committee members what can be revealed, but any further
00:06:19information given could disrupt the investigation. Judge Solberg
00:06:23is expected to transfer the official election results to the President
00:06:26today. In the afternoon, the round of consultations
00:06:30with the elected factions will begin, who will arrive at the President's Residence to announce
00:06:34the candidate they recommend for forming the government. Shas,
00:06:37United Torah Judaism, and Otzma Yehudit announced yesterday that they would recommend
00:06:40Netanyahu. The name.
00:06:49This will be a weekend of road closures that will cause traffic
00:06:53jams in the Gush Dan area. Noam Goldberg, our transportation
00:06:56reporter, with everything that will be closed and blocked. This
00:06:59coming weekend, the Israel Electric Corporation will block the Ayalon lanes in both directions
00:07:03for the night, on two different days, for infrastructure work to replace
00:07:06electric cables that cross the highway and the railway line that runs
00:07:10through it. The works are expected to cause significant traffic in the area.
00:07:14The first closure will begin tomorrow night at 11:30 PM and will continue until
00:07:18Friday at 4 PM. During this time,
00:07:21Ayalon North will be closed from Glilot East Interchange to Seven
00:07:25Stars Interchange. Also, the entrance ramp from Highway 5 will be closed. Ayalon
00:07:29South will also be closed from Ma'apilim Interchange to Glilot
00:07:32East Interchange. The second closure is planned for Saturday night at
00:07:3511 PM until Sunday at 5 AM. In parallel,
00:07:39Israel Railways announced temporary changes in train traffic in
00:07:43Tel Aviv and Herzliya this weekend as well, also due to electricity
00:07:46works and upgrading of track and service infrastructure. The affected trains are
00:07:50on the Modi'in Central-Nahariya line, trains on the Beersheba-Nahariya line,
00:07:53and trains on the Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon- Herzliya and Beit Shemesh-
00:07:57Netanya lines. It is recommended to update navigation
00:07:59apps.
00:08:09And now for the newspaper headlines. 6:12 minutes.
00:08:12Latest news following the exposé on Ynet, he writes,
00:08:16"The legal battle against the head of the Shin Bet," and Gali
00:08:19Baharav-Miara says, "In a state of law, you don't investigate without
00:08:23evidence." A harsh statement by Baharav-Miara following the demand by
00:08:27the head of the Shin Bet, Zini, to investigate with caution the heads of the
00:08:30Arab parties in the case of suspected foreign interference in the elections.
00:08:34The Attorney General also rejected his request to define the
00:08:38case as suspected security offenses and to use
00:08:42exceptional tools of the General
00:08:44Security Service. Below this big headline, on a red
00:08:48background, what do you recommend for him? A picture of the President.
00:08:52Today at 12, President Herzog will receive the official results from Judge
00:08:56Solberg, and in the evening he will open the round of consultations with
00:08:59the parties before entrusting the mandate to form a government. The immediate
00:09:03goal of the change bloc: replacing the Speaker of the Knesset, and appointing
00:09:07chairpersons for the important committees. And the third topic leading
00:09:10the news, at the bottom. A Yediot Aharonot headline: "He turns
00:09:14off the tap." A picture of President Trump. On the background of the midterm
00:09:17elections, the President dropped a bombshell yesterday by announcing
00:09:20the cessation of military aid to Israel two years ahead of the
00:09:24scheduled date. "I made a deal with Netanyahu," he said, "that we
00:09:27would stop giving 4 billion dollars a year." The security establishment
00:09:31and the Ministry of Finance were stunned by the dramatic move. There is also
00:09:35a headline on this matter in the Globes newspaper. We are now skipping to Haaretz
00:09:38newspaper. Zini demanded to interrogate Arab citizens without evidence
00:09:42in the foreign influence affair, that's the main headline here, and this even
00:09:46though cooperation with the police was agreed upon, the head of the Shin Bet
00:09:49refuses to transfer the investigation materials to the police, he is isolating
00:09:53senior officials in the Shin Bet in his organization, and he is also trying
00:09:56to make the legal advisor act alone against Judge
00:09:59Solberg, all this on the front page of Haaretz. Two more
00:10:03headlines from this newspaper: The President will begin today to discuss with faction representatives
00:10:07the mandate to form the government. Behind
00:10:10Eisenkot stood 48 recommenders. At least,
00:10:13Netanyahu has 46 supporters, United Torah Judaism
00:10:16tends not to recommend anyone, and the cessation of aid indicates
00:10:20erosion, American security aid indicates erosion
00:10:24in its status. We move to Israel
00:10:27today to conclude this
00:10:29review.
00:10:32The security and finance establishments were stunned: "We did not know
00:10:36about the agreement to stop American aid." This is on the front page.
00:10:39President Trump says, "At Netanyahu's request,
00:10:42and in agreement with him a few months ago," he said, "a deal,
00:10:45we will stop transferring security aid to Israel by the end of 2026."
00:10:49There are headlines for two opinion pieces,
00:10:53Eliezer Tchaini Marom. Major General (res.) writes: "Israel will gain
00:10:57independence and will no longer be dependent on military supply,"
00:11:00meaning, "it's good to stop American security aid." Yoav Limor
00:11:04writes: "No longer a consensus in the United States, concern for Israel's
00:11:07security has shattered into pieces." And here too,
00:11:10Solberg in an effort to prevent a constitutional crisis, a dangerous
00:11:14drama on the day when the election results are supposed
00:11:17to undergo an approval process, writes Israel Hayom. The head of the Shin Bet
00:11:21requested to investigate Arabs with caution in the foreign funding
00:11:24affair. Mosad responded with an unusual statement: "No investigation
00:11:27without basis, the Shin Bet does not provide evidence," first publication,
00:11:31writes Israel Hayom. The chairman of the elections committee acted behind
00:11:35the scenes with the parties, "no one has the authority not to publish
00:11:38the results." Netanyahu bloc members demand urgent
00:11:41answers from the Attorney General and Solberg. Eisenkot
00:11:45responded and said: "This is a pogrom against democracy," and in the midst of
00:11:49speculation, the factions will arrive today at the President's Residence and recommend
00:11:52their candidate for forming the government. That concludes our
00:11:56newspaper review. It's
00:15:34happens. Today Boy George will take the stage at the Menorah Hall.
00:16:08The only ones alongside Israel. Standing by
00:16:11Israel since October 7th, he is the only one who also wrote a song about
00:16:15the October 7th massacre, and since then he has been boycotted, since then he has
00:16:18been threatened, after coming to visit Israel and also to perform here,
00:16:22of course. Yesterday he visited the Nova site, about which he wrote
00:16:25a song, and after he published that song, friends and
00:16:29family also cut ties with him, but Boy
00:16:32George does not regret it. Asaf Puzailov spoke
00:16:36with him. After being the only one in the world to write a song about the October
00:16:397th massacre, and since then for months he has been suffering
00:16:43from severe boycotts and threats.
00:16:45He arrived yesterday for the first time at the Nova site.
00:17:00The survivor of captivity who was kidnapped from the festival, Omer Shem Tov,
00:17:03introduced him at the press conference. It takes a lot
00:17:05of courage to... openly stand with Israel
00:17:09and with the Jewish people in general all over the world, and even
00:17:12more courage not to settle for just
00:17:15words and actually get on
00:17:19a plane and come here. Since October 7th, George is one of the only ones
00:17:22in the music industry or in general who stands by Israel without
00:17:25compromise. The chilling song he wrote, "Will It Happen
00:17:28Again," describes exactly what happened in the Valley of Longing. He
00:17:32got the title from the Nova exhibit in London, and immediately after
00:17:36watching it, he went straight to
00:17:47This is how the song opens, and it continues with the chorus, "In case
00:17:50you're confused, I stand with
00:17:53the Jews."
00:18:00Since the song was released, George has become a full-time fighter for Israel,
00:18:04and he is constantly engaged in it on social media. what horrified me
00:18:08more, i think was hearing people that have no
00:18:11connection to what happened, telling me it
00:18:14wasn't true, that it was made up, you know, and i shouldn't
00:18:18believe it, because it was confirmed pretty
00:18:21quickly that it was the truth, guess as a gay man and as an
00:18:24outsider, i was feel connected to anyone
00:18:28that's kind of pushed out, i've never been a big fan of bullies,
00:18:31I forgot. The Nova Festival, and with Sarah
00:18:35and the sound of silence.
00:18:43They came to meet Boy George and tell their story in art. You know, many people are afraid, they are
00:18:47afraid and they follow, as he said, they follow the
00:18:50herd, and he is a person who is actually, Boy George is a person
00:18:54who is very connected to himself. It really
00:18:57moved me. I think Boy George is a very,
00:19:01very important voice and he is a light in this darkness,
00:19:04especially in the field of music and art. Music
00:19:07is supposed to connect us. Actually, on the day
00:19:10after, there was almost complete silence from the world
00:19:13of music, from the global music industry, from the global
00:19:16festival industry. There were a few who believed, but no one really
00:19:20spoke openly like Boy George did.
00:19:24Already in the 80s, Boy George broke ground, stood uncompromisingly by what he
00:19:27believed in, even when he faced boos and boycotts then. His look
00:19:31and his words have long since become mainstream. In the end, the whole
00:19:35world will follow suit and join.
00:20:08Good morning, today we have a day where the weather is calm, a slight
00:20:11further drop in temperatures is expected. Today, in fact, we have normal,
00:20:15average temperatures for the season. What does that mean? In Jerusalem,
00:20:1922 above, along the coastal plain 25,
00:20:21in the lowlands 26, in the northern Negev 26, and Eilat
00:20:25less than 30, 29 above. These are, by the way, exactly
00:20:29the temperatures that are supposed to be at this time of year, this is
00:20:31the average temperature, but we are in autumn, the weather changes
00:20:35very quickly. Just at the beginning of the week we had a heatwave,
00:20:39and now from tomorrow we are already entering
00:20:41a system with rain. Tomorrow it will be light, local rains
00:20:45in the north, along the coastal plain. Friday and Saturday, as of now, look like
00:20:49very wintery days with rain falling
00:20:52from time to time and being stronger between Friday and Saturday,
00:20:56with even a risk of floods on Saturday
00:20:59along the coastal plain. On Saturday, the winds will also strengthen, another drop
00:21:03in temperatures, so it will be very cold
00:21:06relatively, even compared to today. As of today, temperatures are
00:21:10normal, average for the season. Thank
00:21:14you, Sharon.
00:21:20Now for an unusual decision by the Supreme Court: a young man
00:21:24convicted of manslaughter of a Palestinian woman will not go
00:21:26to prison until a decision is made on his appeal, due to the likelihood
00:21:30of the appeal being accepted. With this report, our correspondent Haim
00:21:34Goldich. The Supreme Court decided yesterday exceptionally to delay the execution
00:21:38of the prison sentence imposed on a young Jewish man convicted of manslaughter under terror circumstances of
00:21:41Palestinian Aisha Rabi in October 2018, when
00:21:45he threw a stone at a car with a Palestinian license plate carrying her family.
00:21:48The young man was sentenced to 13 years in prison
00:21:52last September at the Central District Court in Lod, where
00:21:56two judges convicted him and one judge acquitted him due to reasonable
00:21:59doubt. Judge Ruth Ronen, who heard the request
00:22:02yesterday, wrote in the decision: "Indeed, the rule is that whoever is convicted must
00:22:05begin serving the prison sentence imposed on them, and that the
00:22:09start date of serving the sentence should not be delayed until after the decision on the appeal. In this
00:22:13context, various considerations will be taken into account, including the severity of the offense and the circumstances of its commission,
00:22:16the length of the prison term, the appeal and its chances of success,
00:22:20the applicant's criminal record, his behavior during the trial, and his personal circumstances."
00:22:24Judge Ronen added: "The case in question falls within the exception set
00:22:28for the rule. The totality of these considerations leads me to the conclusion that there is room to hear the appeal
00:22:32before the applicant begins serving his prison sentence, as the harm
00:22:35that will be caused to him if he begins serving a sentence or is ultimately acquitted, is not
00:22:39commensurate with the benefit to the public interest, in the event that he serves his sentence immediately."
00:22:43A spokesman for the Honenu organization, Tom Nissani, responded to the remarks: "We welcome
00:22:46the court's decision to stay the execution of the sentence. We are confident
00:22:50that this is the opening shot that will pave the way for the complete acquittal of
00:22:53the appellant. This is a groundbreaking decision based on
00:22:57an unusual ruling by a district court whose opinions
00:22:59were divided, with the head of the panel seeking to acquit
00:23:02the defendant. We hope that the Supreme Court judges
00:23:06will show courage, find the truth, and order the complete
00:23:09acquittal of the appellant, who will be able to start his life after an eight- year
00:23:13struggle."
00:23:256:27, these are the morning headlines. The chairman of the Joint List,
00:23:29Youssef Jabareen, tells Kan News that officials in the
00:23:32change bloc have made initial contact with him. He believes
00:23:35they understand that the 11 seats of the list are important to
00:23:39create change. In an interview with Tal Berman on Kan
00:23:43News on Kan 11, Youssef Jabareen called on the chairman of Yisrael
00:23:46Beiteinu, Avigdor Liberman, to gather courage,
00:23:50cooperate with the Arab factions, and end Netanyahu's rule,
00:23:53which Liberman himself determined to be dangerous for Israel. The chairman
00:23:57of the Joint List refused to answer the
00:24:00question of how he defines the Hamas terrorist organization.
00:24:04I hope that your question
00:24:07does not in fact cast any doubt on the moral positions,
00:24:10neither mine nor my friends' in the Joint List and the Arab
00:24:14public in general. We have a very clear moral stance, we expressed it
00:24:18in real time on October 7th. We condemned, of course, the Hamas
00:24:22massacre in the Gaza envelope communities. We certainly
00:24:25opposed it, of course, we also said that it cannot justify
00:24:29crimes committed by the Israeli
00:24:32government in the war in Gaza. The chairman
00:24:35of the Yesh Atid party, Gadi Eisenkot, says that the leaders of the change parties
00:24:39are determined to form a national emergency government based on the principles
00:24:43he presented. In a video he published, Eisenkot said that
00:24:46the meeting of party leaders yesterday was good
00:24:50and even important. This morning, the leaders of the change and reform parties
00:24:53held a good and important meeting. We are coordinated and ready for the
00:24:57coming days. We have two goals: the formation of a national
00:25:00emergency government based on the four principles I presented. The State
00:25:04of Israel as a Jewish, democratic, liberal state, the values of the
00:25:07Declaration of Independence, the duty of military, national,
00:25:11and civilian service. Hamas is a terrorist organization whose
00:25:14military and governing power must be destroyed or dismantled. The negotiating teams
00:25:18of the government will begin working as soon as possible on common
00:25:22principles and on implementing the actions in the Knesset. The election
00:25:26of a new Speaker of the Knesset, important legislation, and the repeal
00:25:29of laws that endanger democracy. We will act
00:25:32as quickly as possible to prevent Israel from being dragged
00:25:36into further elections and the continued entrenchment of Netanyahu
00:25:39in power. These are the morning
00:25:41headlines.
00:25:48A sharp increase in inquiries to the men's aid line of the
00:25:52Assistance Center for Victims of Sexual Assault, against the backdrop of the war
00:25:55in Gaza and the return of captives. In two years, there has been an increase of more
00:25:59than 80% in inquiries. Madaba Hadar
00:26:03Pl. The war and the testimonies of the captives are taking
00:26:06their toll, also regarding the exposure of sexual trauma
00:26:09among men. In the last two years, there has been a sharp
00:26:13increase in calls to the men's helpline. In
00:26:162025, there was an increase of 54%
00:26:20in calls to the national helpline at the Assistance Center for Victims
00:26:23of Sexual Assault in Tel Aviv.
00:26:253364
00:26:28inquiries were received last year compared to 2180
00:26:31in 2024. The data includes
00:26:35the helpline for religious and Haredi men. Most of the callers
00:26:39are men in their 30s, who reveal childhood sexual
00:26:42abuse. Hiran An, director of the sexual abuse
00:26:45in men department, talks about the reasons for the sharp increase in inquiries.
00:26:49The testimonies of the survivors
00:26:51of captivity, the reports following October
00:26:557th and the severe crimes and sexual
00:26:59violence that we all saw and experienced, actually,
00:27:02led us as a society to contain and hold much
00:27:06better the whole issue of trauma.
00:27:10The survivors of captivity brought with them some
00:27:12good news in that together with all the courage to stay
00:27:16two years in the tunnel, to undergo
00:27:19physical and mental
00:27:22torture, and still manage to talk about
00:27:25the sexual trauma they experienced, gave a lot, lot of strength to other
00:27:29men. Since the beginning of 2026. By the end of
00:27:33September, 2848
00:27:36inquiries were received by the helplines for men, a further increase
00:27:40of 15% compared to the same period last year. In total,
00:27:43within two years there has been an 81% increase
00:27:47in inquiries. Alongside the significant increase in inquiries,
00:27:51many men still face barriers of shame and fear of lack of
00:27:54trust. Next week, a conference on sexual abuse in men will be
00:27:58held, which will be jointly organized by the assistance centers for victims
00:28:02of sexual assault and the Tel
00:28:04Aviv assistance center.
00:28:10Good morning to Professor Suzi Navot, expert in constitutional
00:28:13law. Good morning, Arieh. Today the Central
00:28:17Elections Committee is supposed to officially approve the results
00:28:20of the elections for the 26th Knesset, then submit them to the President, then
00:28:24consultations with the President will begin on whom to entrust the formation of the next
00:28:28government. Is there a legal basis for the claim of the Likud
00:28:31representatives and the Likud's lawyer, attorney Ilan
00:28:35Bombach, to first hear in the Central Elections
00:28:38Committee what the status of the Shin Bet investigation into foreign
00:28:41interference in the elections is before the results are
00:28:45officially approved? The question is long and the answer is very short,
00:28:48and it is no, there is no basis? No,
00:28:52because the Basic Law: The Knesset, which is the one
00:28:54that explains the processes, stipulates very clearly
00:28:58and without any reservation, that the election results will be published
00:29:01in the official gazette. Of course, they will be published within eight days
00:29:04from the election day, and this deadline is binding and cannot be extended
00:29:08in any case. Now
00:29:12one must remember that the Elections Committee is composed
00:29:15of representatives who are actually political representatives according
00:29:18to the strength of the outgoing Knesset. The plenum is essentially a political
00:29:22body, and currently it has a coalition majority. the previous
00:29:24one. And now the public has chosen
00:29:27a completely different composition. If the election committee had the authority
00:29:31to prevent
00:29:39the meaning is that the majority that is in office today, which is
00:29:43essentially the previous majority, can prevent a change of government,
00:29:46and therefore the chairmen of the election committee, the previous
00:29:49election committees have already stated in the past that even
00:29:53if there is a need for an investigation, there is no authority to order a delay
00:29:56of this date if someone has claims about the integrity, and there are claims about
00:30:00the integrity here, and there is a demand for an investigation. So there are procedures
00:30:03written in the law, you file an appeal to the court.
00:30:07They manage it, and it was written, it turns out that there were serious
00:30:11offenses and this can change the picture of the mandates, the matter
00:30:14is already done.
00:30:17Look, first of all, we have already heard from the chairman of the election
00:30:20committee that an investigation that is being carried out is essentially a specific
00:30:23investigation, and it may lead
00:30:27to a discussion regarding some polling station, but this is something that needs to be clarified in court,
00:30:30to the election committee. There are no investigative powers, they cannot
00:30:34ask to see, there was no entanglement of Judge
00:30:38Noam Solberg here, he spoke at first about serious suspicions, he also spoke
00:30:42with the head of the Shin Bet, then he said that the results as a whole would not be changed
00:30:45because of the ongoing investigation. Likud, yesterday we laughed here with
00:30:49the minister, Shlomo Kari is making good use of this contradiction,
00:30:52of this evasion of
00:30:54the judge.
00:30:56Look, what was there two days ago changes two days later when you actually see
00:31:00the composition and so on. Solberg's
00:31:03decision to go public together with the head of the Shin Bet, then the legal
00:31:07advisor to the government, and also yesterday and also the day before yesterday
00:31:11to reject the Likud's request to convene the presidency, that
00:31:14is a correct again, what is important is that the voter's
00:31:18decision is not subject to the veto of the
00:31:20loser, and he wrote yesterday that elections have
00:31:23results, and these results do not depend on the consent of the majority
00:31:27group or its representatives,
00:31:31to actually sign it. And also yesterday evening he sent another letter
00:31:35because again the Likud representatives asked for an investigation, and he
00:31:38wrote to them again: there is no authority not to publish the
00:31:42results, and therefore we will wait today morning. What is the purpose
00:31:46of the committee? I very much hope that we will not
00:31:49see here a continuation of the campaign of delegitimization of the election
00:31:52results as we already saw last night. But in the meantime, the head of the Shin Bet,
00:31:56David Zini, demands an investigation of Arab politicians using
00:31:59special means because in his opinion, according to him, it involves suspicion
00:32:03is related to political
00:32:06elections. Is this, in your opinion, the security official's trip
00:32:09to the Shin Bet? I very much hope that the head
00:32:13of the Shin Bet will act according to the law. We do not
00:32:17open investigations against public representatives,
00:32:20against Knesset members, unless there is clear,
00:32:24certain and convincing evidence that must be presented. The one
00:32:27who allows or who allows the investigation is the legal
00:32:31advisor to the government, her opinion on the matter, right,
00:32:34and that is how one should act according to her opinion, and I hope that this
00:32:38matter does not develop further, first of all, a factual
00:32:41basis must be shown for the investigation of certain individuals.
00:32:45In these days, which are days after elections, we have already
00:32:48seen in the world attempts to delegitimize the results by all
00:32:52sorts of means, we saw it in Brazil, and we also saw it in the United States with
00:32:55the Capitol, and I hope that nothing is developing here in what
00:32:58is called the Israeli style, and therefore today I hope that first
00:33:02of all, this whole investigation story will be taken off the agenda and that the election
00:33:06committee will indeed approve, if it votes and does not approve the
00:33:10results, I assume that within minutes, the appeals
00:33:14will be filed with the High Court.
00:33:21will immediately oblige the committee to approve or will determine that the results are the results determined by the professional
00:33:24people and today the settlement law
00:33:28will be fulfilled, yes Professor Suzie Navot, I thank you very much, good
00:33:31morning, thank you very much, good morning, now
00:33:34we return to the dramatic elections, the midterm elections
00:33:38in the United States, Nathan Guttman, our correspondent in Washington, said at the beginning
00:33:42of this hour in your first report. Good
00:33:45morning, that the blue Democratic wave has already turned
00:33:48into a blue tsunami, it continues, yes, it even
00:33:52has a name, blue nami, blue tsunami, it continues,
00:33:55and at this stage it can be said that the Democratic
00:33:59revolution has been completed, the Democrats will control both houses of Congress,
00:34:02both the House of Representatives and the Senate, in the Senate they already
00:34:06have 51 seats and there is still
00:34:09a chance for more seats, because the counting in some
00:34:12of the places has not finished, what is more interesting than the numbers are
00:34:16the places. Arie, listen to what kind of states
00:34:20Democrats won in. I think, no?
00:34:24Texas, the surprise is huge. The senator
00:34:27elected, James Salazar, the Democrat, wasn't
00:34:31even born, the last time there was a Democrat
00:34:34who was sent
00:34:36to... to the Senate, and not only that, Kansas
00:34:40and Iowa, and the counting continues, of course, in Michigan
00:34:43and Maine, the state of
00:34:47Nebraska went to the independents, if
00:34:50we're talking about a complete collapse of the Republicans, and a change that will now force America
00:34:53to behave a bit differently, especially the administration. There is now
00:34:56a system of built-in checks and balances, there is President Trump and his
00:35:00administration in the executive branch, and there is a Congress that will be
00:35:04adversarial, that will also try to advance its own things. Trump already
00:35:07said: "Call me Mr. Veto, because I'm going to veto everything they
00:35:11do, he might do that, they'll also try to investigate him."
00:35:15And to open impeachment proceedings against him and against other people
00:35:19in his administration, and mainly they will block his initiatives,
00:35:22so we are expecting two very turbulent years in which President Trump will not
00:35:26succeed in doing much in terms of legislation or
00:35:29in terms of appointments. Why did this
00:35:32happen? According to the polls, it reflects the dissatisfaction
00:35:35of Americans even in these red states,
00:35:39with the fact that the economy
00:35:42is not in a good state. Donald Trump was elected. And the Republicans
00:35:45were elected based on a promise to improve the economy, and now
00:35:49the cost of living is rising, prices are rising, much of it because
00:35:52of the war in Iran, also because of Trump's trade war,
00:35:56the public says, we don't like this thing,
00:35:59and one must always qualify and say, this is a pendulum,
00:36:03the American public likes to do, to balance
00:36:06the other side, and therefore this does not necessarily mean anything
00:36:10about what will happen in two years. Nathan Grotzman
00:36:13in Washington, thank you. And with us now is an expert on the United States,
00:36:17head of the American Studies program at Tel Aviv University,
00:36:20Professor Yael Sternhell. Hello,
00:36:23good morning to you Yael. Good morning, that's it, officially this morning, President
00:36:26Trump becomes a lame duck when he loses both houses
00:36:30of Congress. Yes, yes, unequivocally.
00:36:33It's not just the houses of Congress, things are happening there that one couldn't
00:36:37really imagine. Governorships, which in Israel we
00:36:40don't usually talk about because they don't concern foreign policy
00:36:44and therefore are less directly relevant to Israel,
00:36:47but Democrats are taking governorships, among
00:36:51others in Texas, which we mentioned. They are also taking
00:36:54the Senate seat in South Carolina.
00:36:58Which is really, there is no place more Republican in the United States than South
00:37:01Carolina. That was true in the 17th century and it is true today.
00:37:05And Trump's candidate, whom he chose with his
00:37:08own hands, the sister of the late Senator
00:37:12Lindsey Graham, was defeated, or is on her way
00:37:15to being defeated by a Democratic candidate, a pediatrician who was completely
00:37:19anonymous. And this demonstrates just
00:37:23how American
00:37:25voters,
00:37:38Trump's persona is no longer what it was, and his charisma is not what
00:37:42it was. He said in a phone call to the New York Times, "We lost because I didn't
00:37:46run, but because other people
00:37:48ran." He's not to blame, of course, he's never to blame, but he did
00:37:52work, he ran all over the United States. With that
00:37:56private jet he received as a gift endlessly. Look, he
00:37:59did, he did work,
00:38:03it must be said, but he only went to places
00:38:06where he knew he would get
00:38:09good reactions, he didn't go to any of the tough
00:38:13states, where there were
00:38:15close
00:38:18races that he could, that he thought he could
00:38:22really help the candidates, and it must also be said that the candidates didn't want him to come,
00:38:25the senator in Maine, Susan Collins told him: Don't come
00:38:28to Maine, the voters see
00:38:30you, and that will turn them against me. But
00:38:34Arie, you are absolutely right, that we are talking here first of all about
00:38:37a vote that concerns the cost
00:38:40of living, which in America is really a daily matter. In Israel,
00:38:44the cost of living is treated as a trivial matter, right, you can't go to the supermarket,
00:38:47but never mind, in the United States, that's life
00:38:50itself, and there's no social
00:38:54safety net, there's no one to lean on, it's...
00:38:57truly the organizing principle of life, economic
00:39:00success, and therefore when everything is so expensive,
00:39:04ah, voters take their anger out on the government, and among other things it must
00:39:07be said everything is expensive because of the war in Iran, so that's it, one can say
00:39:11that the statement of, the statement of the President right during
00:39:14the elections, that there is no plan for an immediate attack
00:39:18on Iran, and also the statement that he is already stopping aid
00:39:21to Israel of four billion dollars a year from the end of this
00:39:25year, he already smelled that he was going to, as they say, eat
00:39:28it, yes, yes, he knew he was going to lose, he already says it's time
00:39:32that the party in the White House always loses the midterm elections,
00:39:35which is true by the way, and he is really not the first president to take
00:39:39such a hit in the midterm elections, Obama also
00:39:43in 2010 took a truly
00:39:46not less severe defeat than what Trump
00:39:49is taking today, so in that sense American politics does
00:39:53preserve something of its old
00:39:55patterns.
00:40:02And even though they keep saying, that's it, America is an irredeemably
00:40:06polarized country, people stay within their party
00:40:09and are unwilling to change their minds, no matter what happens,
00:40:13and elections are decided by 3% of the population, by independents,
00:40:17and yet no, that's not the case, that's really not the case.
00:40:20Americans, in places like Kansas, like
00:40:24Texas, in Ohio, Iowa, places where they said that's it,
00:40:27Democrats, Democrats have nothing left to look for there.
00:40:31And of course South Carolina, truly the diamond in the crown
00:40:34this morning. Their votes. I ask you to conclude, Yael Sternhell,
00:40:38what will happen to the relations now, of course the elephant and the Jewish problem, what will happen
00:40:41to the relations between the United States and Israel
00:40:44when this tsunami comes to power in both houses of Congress.
00:40:48This will happen in January, right, but as Nathan
00:40:51said, Trump can veto legislation from
00:40:55Congress, and then Congress...
00:41:00the Democrats don't have anything close to that, ah,
00:41:04and therefore it
00:41:07will ensure that Trump can continue to advance policy towards Israel,
00:41:10and it must also be said that in all matters related to foreign policy and security, the President
00:41:14enjoys enormous freedom of action, this is the area
00:41:17that the law gives the President the freedom of action
00:41:21and not Congress, and therefore Congress will be
00:41:25limited in its ability to shape Trump's policy
00:41:28in the context of Israel, but what is true, it is certainly necessary
00:41:31to understand that Israel was a central issue in these
00:41:35midterm elections, and the fact that the American
00:41:38public went so much... to the left, among other things, on the Israeli
00:41:42issue, definitely needs to clarify
00:41:45where Israel stands in American public opinion. It should raise many red flags.
00:41:48Professor Yael Sternhell, I thank you very much. Good morning. Good
00:41:52morning.
00:41:58Now to matters related to us here in Israel,
00:42:01in the Haredi parties, opinions are divided on who to recommend to President
00:42:05Isaac Herzog to form the next government. Our correspondent
00:42:09Daniel. What was decided in Shas
00:42:12and why is there still no decision in United
00:42:15Torah Judaism? The Shas party announced last night that it would recommend
00:42:18Netanyahu to the President to form the government.
00:42:22This was preceded by close coordination between Netanyahu and the party,
00:42:25during which the Prime Minister earlier yesterday
00:42:29issued a statement of support for the Haredi parties and a promise
00:42:32to promote an exemption from conscription law. About half an hour
00:42:35later, Shas announced its support for Netanyahu. This coordination
00:42:39was intended for Shas to support
00:42:42Netanyahu without incurring criticism from within the Haredi
00:42:45public for preserving the right-wing bloc even at the cost of harming the world
00:42:49of Haredi yeshivas. In United Torah Judaism, however,
00:42:52no decision has yet been made. Netanyahu held a conversation yesterday with the party chairman, MK
00:42:56Yaakov Asher, but was told that they are waiting for the rabbis to return
00:43:00from a fundraising trip abroad. Meanwhile, the current assessment
00:43:03in the party is not to recommend any candidate. Today,
00:43:06the Knesset members of United Torah Judaism are expected to meet with the rabbis. Rabbi
00:43:10Landau will make a final decision, with the direction currently
00:43:14leaning towards not supporting any
00:43:16candidate. Our political commentator Yoav Kaliklovsky is with
00:43:20me in the studio. Did Netanyahu lose United
00:43:23Torah Judaism? Look, United Torah Judaism is trying to do something that hasn't
00:43:27happened for many, many years with the Haredi public, and that is to try to go back
00:43:30to being a swing vote. For many years, United Torah Judaism and Shas
00:43:34were also in coalitions that Netanyahu did not head.
00:43:37Ah, the last time that happened was with Ehud Olmert
00:43:41between 2006 and 2009, but since then only coalitions
00:43:45led by Netanyahu, and this basically reduced the bargaining
00:43:48power of the Haredim against the political system, so they are trying
00:43:52now perhaps to maximize gains, while
00:43:55they are actually losing mandates. Will
00:43:58Gadi Eisenkot really succeed in recruiting
00:44:01them to his government? They say they will not recommend, there are rumors that they will not recommend
00:44:05anyone, right, we will know that during the day. I think that in the end,
00:44:08the Haredim will be under Benjamin
00:44:12Netanyahu's protection, even if they say otherwise, Shas has already announced
00:44:16that it will support Netanyahu. I think that even
00:44:19United Torah Judaism will ultimately not join a coalition
00:44:23led by Gadi Eisenkot. They will do many tricks, but in the end
00:44:27their voters are right-wing voters and they will remain loyal
00:44:30to Netanyahu even if he leads them to additional
00:44:33elections, but the interesting thing is that we
00:44:37are on the eighth day after the elections. Prime Minister
00:44:40Benjamin Netanyahu is tweeting non- stop. Have
00:44:43you seen Benjamin Netanyahu in any recorded
00:44:47message, in any interview? Did he go on vacation
00:44:50to rest after the campaign? Possibly, but Benjamin Netanyahu has actually
00:44:54disappeared since election night, we haven't seen even
00:44:57a single frame of him. I don't know, that's a very
00:45:01good question, where did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disappear to, and why is he,
00:45:05as well as Arye Deri, whom we know is very angry about the results
00:45:08and therefore is holed up in his home. Where is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Now,
00:45:12at least the Eisenkot bloc announced after
00:45:15the elections that everyone is in favor of recommending Eisenkot
00:45:18for the next premiership. But they have a problem with the Knesset Speaker. What's
00:45:22the problem with Yair Lapid? What's going on there? The problem, first of all, Yair Lapid
00:45:25wants to serve as Knesset Speaker as a temporary position. He really wants
00:45:29to be Foreign Minister in the government if it is formed. But
00:45:32from the perspective of the Knesset Speaker's role, it is a very important role to
00:45:35manage parliamentary activity also during the interim period, and you know what, even if
00:45:39they go to new elections,
00:45:42it is preferable for the Eisenkot bloc to have a candidate from
00:45:45that bloc. Ah, there is some concern that maybe he won't vacate
00:45:48his position, I don't know, there's some suspicion. In the end, on Monday,
00:45:52everyone will make a decision, who it will be, whether Elazar Stern on behalf of
00:45:56Gadi Eisenkot or whether it will be Yair Lapid who wants this position
00:45:59even for an interim period if a government
00:46:02is formed. Their main goal is to cancel several
00:46:05coup laws, but note, the state inquiry commission probably
00:46:09won't...
00:46:14The Knesset State Control Committee can decide to establish a state inquiry
00:46:18commission, but the Knesset State Control Committee is not established
00:46:21according to the agreements, usually during the interim period
00:46:25before there is a structured coalition and
00:46:28opposition in the Knesset. Therefore, at the moment, it seems that the issue
00:46:32of the state inquiry commission will also not be able to be realized during
00:46:35the interim period, Yoav, today is November
00:46:384th, 31 years
00:46:41since that Saturday night when our Prime Minister and Minister
00:46:45of Defense Yitzhak Rabin, may his memory be a blessing,
00:46:48and may God avenge his blood, was murdered by a Jew, Yigal
00:46:51Amir, after he declared support for peace
00:46:54in Kings of Israel Square, which became Rabin Square,
00:46:57a condemnation of violence. Let's hear the voices. I was
00:47:01a soldier for 27 years,
00:47:05I fought as long as there
00:47:09was no chance for peace.
00:47:12I believe there is a chance for peace,
00:47:16a great
00:47:17chance.
00:47:26The Government of Israel announces
00:47:29with shock, great sorrow, and deep
00:47:32grief, the death of Prime Minister
00:47:36and Defense Minister
00:47:38Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by
00:47:42an assassin this evening in Tel
00:47:45Aviv.
00:47:49All Israel from Jerusalem, hello to you. It's now midnight and here
00:47:53are the news from Yehudit Ben Yaakov. Prime Minister
00:47:57Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated this evening in Tel Aviv by an assassin at the end of a rally
00:48:00in support of the government and the peace process that took place in Kings
00:48:04Square. One of our most painful problems
00:48:08has a first name and a last
00:48:10name, and that is the combination of the two
00:48:14words, "it'll be fine." The combination of these
00:48:17words, which many hear in their daily
00:48:21lives in the state of Israel, is
00:48:24intolerable. Behind these two
00:48:28words, usually hidden is everything
00:48:31that is wrong, arrogance and a sense
00:48:35of self- confidence, power
00:48:38and authority that have no place. "It'll be
00:48:41fine" has been with us for a long time,
00:48:45many years, and has been a sign of an attitude
00:48:48bordering on irresponsibility in many
00:48:51fields. We have been, and we have already learned the hard
00:48:55and painful way, that "it'll be fine"
00:48:59means that many things are not fine. It sends away
00:49:03the angels of heaven who accompany you
00:49:06now. I ask that they protect
00:49:09you,
00:49:14and that they protect you well, because you deserve
00:49:17such protection, making peace
00:49:21in its heights.
00:49:34The foundation of Israeli democracy,
00:49:38it must be condemned wisely,
00:49:40denounced,
00:49:43isolated. This
00:49:47is not the way of the State of Israel.
00:49:51Peace. Friend,
00:49:55and indeed, since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, too many things
00:49:58here are not right.
00:50:15And the city is awake,
00:50:19tens of thousands of all your lovers
00:50:23flocked to the rally,
00:50:27gathered to see your face,
00:50:31you were confused, they called you a child, you
00:50:35gave your all in song,
00:50:39the axe knocked on the door,
00:50:43and you didn't hear
00:50:45at all.
00:50:51Again and again.
00:50:55Who could have known what
00:50:59was said, and there are no simpler words.
00:51:03Goodbye friend.
00:51:18While you were immersed
00:51:20in happiness and... peace
00:51:24breaks out there in the darkness
00:51:27for an opportune moment, the assassin
00:51:31was already waiting.
00:51:34The whole square was
00:51:36a heart and a heart opened
00:51:39like a flower. He was shot
00:51:43suddenly in death,
00:51:45and his eyes were cold
00:51:47as ice.
00:51:54The night of the Seder descends
00:51:56on the Negev, a weeping willow
00:52:00from the Negev, even above, there are no
00:52:04simpler words.
00:52:06Again and again
00:52:09it passes through
00:52:12the city, who could have
00:52:16known what was said, and there are no
00:52:20simpler words.
00:52:22This
00:52:24morning, end of the first hour, editor Yoav Krakovsky, production by
00:52:28Ortal, and you, lovers of the broadcast, Yair Neuman in the studio, Arie
00:52:31Golan.
00:53:06What was said, and there are no
00:53:09simpler words.
00:53:29If I don't do 40 here, Amnon, you're
00:53:31dead. The fact that Orit is not in the
00:53:35business, the business is collapsing.
00:53:38To run a business that is for vegans, I'm really cheating
00:53:42them. Go between people, edit
00:53:45them. I don't know what a paddle is? I don't know anything,
00:53:49okay. I'm here,
00:53:51this is
00:53:53it. This could cost us an elimination. Period. Scary
00:53:57pressure, atomic pressure. This, oh
00:53:59oh, I have chest pains. All the mess starts
00:54:03to celebrate.
00:54:06Double the money tonight after the news
00:54:09on Kan 11, beloved Kanbox
00:54:13tonight in the hive, three particularly interesting competitors, who will crack
00:54:16our hive, a psychometric teacher, an investment manager, or someone who reads
00:54:20Wikipedia before bed? The hive. Come
00:54:23see.
00:54:27In retrospect, we grew up in a completely crazy
00:54:29situation. Not a day goes by that you're not shot at. Everyone at
00:54:3316 got a weapon. Beatings,
00:54:35dead.
00:54:39What are you willing to do for him? Give up friendships? I'm even
00:54:42willing to die.
00:54:45That's how I lived, that only if there's war is there
00:54:47meaning.
00:54:50I lost my childhood at
00:54:52that age.
00:54:54Our children are growing up on a national mission. The greatest mission of
00:54:58a person in this world is for their children to be happy. Would
00:55:02you raise your children there? My children.
00:55:12I don't understand what I'm seeing, a lack of understanding of what's really happening. It's really a combination
00:55:16of the perception. The truth shouldn't
00:55:20come out.
00:55:26One of them just loads the weapon and opens fire at our
00:55:30forces.
00:55:33They are the head, you are to blame.
00:55:35I very much hope that the Israeli public will know how to believe the truth
00:55:41I haven't seen anything like this, I haven't heard such
00:55:44stories.
00:55:55and will not follow the lie.
00:55:57Real time, coming soon,
00:56:01on Kan 11 and Kan Box.
00:56:15Hello everyone, good morning, seven o'clock. Now we have a news
00:56:18update. First, the midterm elections in the United States,
00:56:22the Democrats have gained control of both houses of the American
00:56:25Congress. Nathan Gropman, our correspondent in Washington: "We're coming to you
00:56:29with the latest situation report and also the meaning of the emerging
00:56:32results for Trump."
00:56:35Yes, Yonatan, it's not just a blue wave, it's a blue tsunami.
00:56:38The Democrats have captured the majority in the House of Representatives and
00:56:42in the Senate, and the lead in both houses may still grow
00:56:45in their favor in the coming hours, as the vote count is completed. What
00:56:49is interesting from all the states where Democratic candidates won,
00:56:52states that were considered Republican strongholds,
00:56:56including South Carolina, Iowa, and especially the state of Texas, the state.