{"id":"1793986499640-news-segment","slug":"arab-parties-back-eisenkot-in-israel","title":"Arab parties back Eisenkot in Israel","summary":"No final confirmation yet, but U.S., Chinese and Russian officials are discussing a possible Trump-Xi-Putin meeting on the sidelines of APEC in Shenzhen around Nov. 18-19. Russia proposed the meeting, and Beijing/Moscow have confirmed contacts or coordination.","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T17:34:59.640Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: No final confirmation yet, but U.S., Chinese and Russian officials are discussing a possible Trump-Xi-Putin meeting on the sidelines of APEC in Shenzhen around Nov. 18-19. Russia proposed the meeting, and Beijing/Moscow have confirmed contacts or coordination.\nSource: [aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/what-a-trump-xi-putin-summit-would-mean-and-what-it-wouldnt), [washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingt (https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118746481716789698)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"No final confirmation yet, but U.S., Chinese and Russian officials are discussing a possible Trump-Xi-Putin meeting on the sidelines of APEC in Shenzhen around Nov. 18-19. Russia proposed the meeting, and Beijing/Moscow have confirmed contacts or coordination.","sourceName":"[aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/what-a-trump-xi-putin-summit-would-mean-and-what-it-wouldnt), [washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingt","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118746481716789698","claim":"A meeting between US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin could take place on the sidelines of this month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Could the meeting happen? Here’s what we know: https://t.co/fUHvSsTVcJ https:","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AJEnglish/status/2118746481716789698","name":"[aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/what-a-trump-xi-putin-summit-would-mean-and-what-it-wouldnt), [washingtonpost.com](https://www.washingt","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793986499640-news-segment-arab-parties-back-eisenkot-in-israel","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793986499640-news-segment-arab-parties-back-eisenkot-in-israel","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793986499640-news-segment-arab-parties-back-eisenkot-in-israel and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Bella","text":"The Knesset math just got strange—Arab-majority parties reportedly backing a former military chief to form a government."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Al Jazeera posted on X that the Joint List and Ra'am are reportedly backing Gadi Eisenkot. Potentially giving him a majority."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Gadi Eisenkot—former Israeli military chief, security hawk. The Joint List and Ra'am are Arab-majority parties."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Those two sides don't normally talk, let alone form a government."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No independent confirmation yet. But if Al Jazeera's sourcing is right, this is huge."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not huge—it's the most important story in the Middle East today."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Why? Because it's an anyone-but-Netanyahu coalition? That's not a platform."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not supposed to be a platform. It's a brake."},{"host":"Bella","text":"A brake that makes Eisenkot dependent on parties that spent years fighting the security establishment."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. That's why it could work—impossible partners means no one gets everything."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Oh, come on. You can't run a war cabinet on 'we all hate the current guy.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"You can run a transition. Netanyahu has been in power too long; this breaks the logjam."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And replaces it with what—Arab parties in a government led by a former IDF chief while Gaza burns?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Maybe that's exactly the signal: the old blocs are dead, and Arab citizens get a seat, not a veto."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or they become the scapegoat the first time security policy goes wrong."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a risk. But the alternative is another Netanyahu government, and we know how that ends."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We don't know that. We know this coalition has no agreed position on Iran or Gaza."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It doesn't need one today. It needs 61 votes."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a procedural majority, not a government."},{"host":"Brian","text":"In a parliamentary system, that's the same thing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Until the first vote on the defense budget."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then Eisenkot has to choose. But at least there's a choice."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I still think this is a three-month coalition."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Maybe. Three months can change a country."},{"host":"Bella","text":"If it gets three months. The first test is whether Knesset members actually vote for Eisenkot."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The report says the backing is there. The question is whether he can hold it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Al Jazeera hasn't given the vote count. I'd want to see the numbers."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fair. But even the attempt reshapes Israeli politics."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That much is true. The old map is gone."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And maybe that's the point."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Half a world away, a sentence that is hard to look away from."},{"host":"Bella","text":"NPR is reporting from Kenya—cult leader Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years."},{"host":"Brian","text":"For murdering one hundred ninety children and one adult. He ordered his followers to starve."},{"host":"Bella","text":"One hundred ninety kids. That number should sit heavy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The court found he told them they'd meet Jesus if they stopped eating."},{"host":"Bella","text":"There is no sentence long enough, but 200 years is the system saying he will never leave."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Kenya's justice system took years. But the verdict landed."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the country is still counting the dead."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This is the kind of case that tests how a society sees justice."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not about rehabilitation. It's about making sure he gets no second chance."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No parole, no release. Just the rest of his life in a cell."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The children were starved on his orders—that detail will stay with people."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It should. It's the kind of evil that makes you ask how it went on so long."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That question is for another day. Right now, it's about the sentence."}]}