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Tel Aviv rally pushes Eisenkot on Arab coalition

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Around 2,000 protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a Jewish-Arab coalition with Arab-led parties after the election deadlock.

President Isaac Herzog said he will receive official election results on Wednesday and then begin consultations with party representatives at the President's Residence.

There are not 100 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., nor 50 million illegal Mexicans. Estimates put the total unauthorized immigrant population at around 11 million.

Lubbock, Texas is not over 80% illegal immigrants. Its population is about 260,000, and the Hispanic/Latino share is roughly 35%, not 80% undocumented. N/A N/A N/A N/A

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Around 2,000 protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a Jewish-Arab coalition with Arab-led parties after the election deadlock.

Israeli activists rallied in Tel Aviv, urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to cooperate with Palestinian-Israeli parties and form a Jewish-Arab coalition government. https://t.co/XqnPES66Bj

Original post · Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)

[aljazeera.com](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1/thousands-rally-in-israel-urging-eisenkot-arab-deal-to-remove-netanyahu) NAMES: Gadi Eisenkot = Israeli

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President Isaac Herzog said he will receive official election results on Wednesday and then begin consultations with party representatives at the President's Residence.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog says he’ll receive the official election results on Wednesday and begin consultations with political parties to form a government. 🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/wX8G1qVggq https://t.co/oMUehVdS3b

Original post · Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish)

[jpost.com](https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-913448) NAMES: Isaac Herzog = Israel's president.

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There are not 100 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., nor 50 million illegal Mexicans. Estimates put the total unauthorized immigrant population at around 11 million.

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Original post · Rene Reyna (@rr76012)

Pew Research Center NAMES: JD Vance = U.S. Vice President; Mike Johnson = Speaker of the House; Marco Rubio = U.S. Secretary of State; Ken Paxton = Texas Attorn

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Lubbock, Texas is not over 80% illegal immigrants. Its population is about 260,000, and the Hispanic/Latino share is roughly 35%, not 80% undocumented. N/A N/A N/A N/A

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Original post · Rene Reyna (@rr76012)

U.S. Census Bureau NAMES: Greg Abbott = Texas Governor; Ted Cruz = U.S. Senator from Texas; CNBC = business news channel. POST bsky:at://did:plc:3wyhcauhsde6vb2

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BGood morning, it's Sunday, six a.m. — and Israel's election deadlock just got a street-level push.
BAround two thousand people rallied in Tel Aviv last night, urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to do something he's resisted: form a Jewish-Arab coalition.
BThat's a big ask. Eisenkot's Yashar party has been careful not to tie itself to Arab-led parties.
BBut the math is brutal. Neither bloc has a clear majority, and the protesters are saying the only way to break the deadlock is a government that includes everyone.
BWhich is exactly the kind of coalition that's never held together in Israeli politics. But desperation changes things.
BPresident Herzog says he'll get the official results Wednesday, then start consulting parties. So the pressure on Eisenkot has a deadline.
BAnd here's the thing — if he says no, we're probably looking at another election. That's what the crowd was really shouting about.
BMeanwhile, Gaza hospital sources tell Al Jazeera nine Palestinians have been killed since dawn. We can't independently confirm that yet.
BAnd that's the other clock ticking. The longer the political vacuum, the more the security situation stays on edge.
BDifferent world entirely: the Wall Street Journal reports President Trump pushed the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham to run for his seat.
BWait — Lindsey Graham's sister? That race is already surprisingly close, and now Trump's trying to hand-pick the candidate.
BThe Journal says he pushed her to run. We couldn't independently confirm that, but if true, it's a sign Trump's worried about losing a South Carolina seat.
BA Senate seat in South Carolina, of all places, drawing this much attention. That tells you something about the mood out there.
BAnd one more from overnight: a post on X claims there are a hundred million illegal immigrants in the U.S., fifty million of them Mexican.
BOh, come on. That's not even close. Pew Research puts the total unauthorized population around eleven million.
BAnd Lubbock, Texas is not eighty percent undocumented. Census data says the city's about two hundred sixty thousand people, roughly thirty-five percent Hispanic.
BThese numbers get thrown around to scare people, and they're just... made up. It's not a difference of opinion, it's arithmetic.
BAnd that's the morning brief. We'll keep watching Israel's coalition talks and that South Carolina race.
BBack with more after the headlines.

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