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Israel’s final election count has confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has lost its parliamentary majority, but whether opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot can assemble a government to replace him remains an open question as negotiations begin behind closed doors.The completed count, published early Friday by Israel’s Central Elections Committee, gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, compared with 48 for Eisenkot’s opposition alliance. The two predominantly Arab parties secured a historic 19 seats, placing them in a potentially decisive position.Netanyahu’s Likud emerged as the largest individual party with 27 seats, followed by Eisenkot’s Yashar with 21 and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s Beyachad with 12. Final voter turnout reached 77.9%, according to the Central Elections Committee results.ISRAEL HEADS INTO DEEPLY DIVIDED ELECTION AS OCT. 7 RECKONING LOOMS: WHAT TO KNOWBut the numbers leave neither major bloc with the 61 seats required for a majority, opening a complex political struggle involving potential partnerships with Arab parties, ultra-Orthodox lawmakers or a unity government bringing together longtime rivals.A source familiar with opposition discussions, who spoke to Fox News Digital on condition of anonymity, described the outcome as a “bitter stalemate,” but not an impossible political situation.The source said opposition leaders are approaching coalition negotiations with patience and experience rather than treating the inconclusive results as a defeat, arguing that the next government could depend on their ability to forge partnerships that previously seemed unlikely.FORMER ISRAELI ARMY CHIEF GADI EISENKOT EMERGES AS NETANYAHU’S LEADING ELECTION CHALLENGERIn a potentially significant development Friday, Israeli journalist Yishai Cohen of Kikar HaShabbat reported that Rabbi Dov Lando, a leading ultra-Orthodox religious authority, had instructed lawmakers from Degel HaTorah, part of United Torah Judaism, to open discussions with the opposition.According to the report, the objective is to reach an arrangement protecting the status of yeshiva students amid the longstanding dispute over mandatory military service.Channel 12 reported that figures within the ultra-Orthodox party were considering allowing an Eisenkot-led minority government to survive through outside parliamentary support, potentially breaking with Netanyahu.”Our votes are not in Netanyahu’s pocket,” party figures told Channel 12, according to a translation of the Hebrew-language report.However, the office of United Torah Judaism Chairman Yaakov Asher denied that any instruction to begin negotiations had been issued.Such an arrangement would represent a significant shift from the party’s longstanding alliance with Netanyahu. Eisenkot’s pledge to expand military conscription among ultra-Orthodox men remains a major obstacle, although Channel 12 reported that party figures were willing to consider a compromise on the issue.The source familiar with opposition discussions told Fox News Digital that Eisenkot’s camp had been preparing for the possibility of cooperation with ultra-Orthodox parties well before the election, suggesting that some of the options now being discussed had already been under consideration behind the scenes.According to the source, such an arrangement could require compromises over military service and potentially outside parliamentary support from Arab lawmakers, bringing together political factions whose positions appeared irreconcilable during the campaign.FORMER ISRAELI PM EMERGES AS WILD CARD IN HIGH-STAKES ELECTION WITH MIDDLE EAST’S FUTURE AT STAKEAnother possibility rests with the Arab parties, which nearly doubled their parliamentary representation from 10 to 19 seats following a surge in turnout.But the prospects of an Arab-backed government have drawn conflicting assessments.Channel 12 reported Thursday that Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas had expressed deep skepticism about the possibility of establishing an Eisenkot-led minority government supported by Arab lawmakers.Israeli political commentator Amit Segal also argued that the available options had narrowed considerably, identifying a Netanyahu-Eisenkot unity government or another election as the two principal remaining possibilities.Mohammed Majadla, head of the news division at Radio Nas and a Channel 12 political commentator, offered a different assessment in an interview with Fox News Digital, arguing that both Ra’am and the Joint List were prepared to use their parliamentary influence to prevent Netanyahu from returning to power.”The two Arab lists agree on two things,” Majadla said in the Hebrew-language interview. “First, they are prepared to do everything within the political process to ensure Netanyahu does not return to power.”According to Majadla, that could include joining a coalition, providing outside parliamentary support or abstaining from key votes.He said their second shared priority was avoiding another election, which Arab political leaders fear could reverse their gains.”The ball is now in Eisenkot’s court, not in the Arab parties’ court,” Majadla said. “As far as the Arab parties are concerned, I can tell you they are truly prepared to do everything to make this happen.”Majadla suggested that public declarations should not necessarily be treated as final positions, particularly as parties seek leverage during coalition negotiations.The difficulties extend beyond the Arab parties. Eisenkot’s potential partners include politicians who strongly oppose cooperation with ultra-Orthodox factions, while several opposition leaders campaigned against relying on Arab lawmakers to govern.NETANYAHU FIGHTS FOR POLITICAL FUTURE AS ISRAEL HEADS TO POLLS WITH IRAN THREAT LOOMINGA national unity government involving Likud and Yashar would offer a more straightforward mathematical route to a majority, but would require Eisenkot to reconsider his campaign pledge not to join a Netanyahu-led government.For Netanyahu, the lengthy coalition formation process could provide additional opportunities. If Eisenkot receives the mandate to form a government but fails, President Isaac Herzog could assign the task to another candidate, potentially giving Netanyahu another chance to assemble a coalition. If successive efforts fail, Israel could face another election.Despite the obstacles, the source familiar with opposition discussions pointed to Bennett and Lapid’s experience navigating complex coalition negotiations as an important asset.”They’ve both played this game many times. They know it, and they’re not rattled,” the source said, according to a translation of the Hebrew-language conversation.The source suggested that Bennett’s experience working with Netanyahu gives him a particular understanding of the prime minister’s negotiating tactics, while Lapid brings additional experience in coalition-building.Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, one of the opposition’s senior figures, acknowledged Friday that forming a government would be considerably more difficult than campaigning against Netanyahu.”Now comes the truly hard part: trying to form a government,” Lapid wrote on X, urging supporters to remain patient.”It takes place in small rooms, slowly, away from the cameras,” he wrote, according to a translation of his Hebrew-language statement, emphasizing the importance of negotiations conducted out of public view.The negotiations will also unfold against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s Middle East agenda.The source familiar with opposition discussions said understanding Washington’s regional priorities could become an important consideration in shaping a future government, although no specific American role in coalition negotiations has been confirmed.The election results are scheduled to be formally submitted to President Herzog on November 4, following remaining verification procedures. The new Knesset is expected to be sworn in November 10.For now, the election has settled the question of how Israelis voted, but not who will govern them. A source familiar with the negotiations concluded: “Whoever manages to forge new partnerships will move forward. Whoever doesn’t will remain stuck.”

A prominent Minnesota Democrat who served in the state’s House of Representatives revealed on Thursday he believes the federal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has legitimacy.It’s the latest signal that the political dam may be breaking as scandals and investigations into the congresswoman continue to pile up.”Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true—whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary—and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not,” Joe Radinovich posted on X in reference to the claims that Omar married her brother as part of an alleged fraudulent immigration scheme.Radinovich, who served as a Minnesota state representative from 2013 to 2015 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), added to his post that, in addition to the probe into her immigration status, the investigation into her finances could also be problematic.OBAMA ADMIN FIRST LAUNCHED THE INVESTIGATION INTO ILHAN OMAR’S ALLEGED BROTHER MARRIAGE”And then I’d be very, very careful about how I qualified on allegations around her finances—where her defense looks similar and where no meaningful questions have been answered publicly, and where any objective look at the evidence doesn’t look…great,” the former state representative said.Radinovich, a well-connected DFL operative with ties to the party’s state, federal and Minneapolis political establishments, managed Democrat Rick Nolan’s 2016 congressional campaign, ran Jacob Frey’s successful 2017 campaign for Minneapolis mayor and later served as Frey’s chief of staff. He also won the DFL nomination for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District in 2018 before losing to Republican Pete Stauber.Briana Rose Lee, a Minneapolis DFL activist who served as an operations director for Omar’s campaign operation, responded to the post calling it a “witch hunt.””Joe. You aren’t stupid,” she wrote. “You know this is a baseless and manufactured witch hunt. I’m actually surprised to see this from you. It’s a new low.”NEARLY 40 HOUSE DEMS SKIP EFFORT TO END ILHAN OMAR IMMIGRATION PROBERadinovich stood by his comments.”You’re right,” Radinovich wrote. “I’m not stupid. I believe the Trump DOJ has next to no credibility and that it’s unclear to me the timing of the raid was appropriate—though it’s notable a DC judge signed off on it—but I’m pretty confident this specific allegation is true.”Radinovich’s post is the latest example of the scrutiny surrounding Omar’s legal issues not being confined to conservative media or the MAGA base.Outlets including the New York Times, MSNBC, NBC News and The Associated Press have reported on evidence suggesting Omar’s marriage and citizenship may have been fraudulent, although no criminal charges have been filed against the Minnesota congresswoman.Omar’s Washington, D.C., home was raided by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Oct. 12, 2026. HSI is the chief investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Her passport, phone and computer were seized during the early-morning operation.Fox News later reported that investigators are in possession of Omar’s DNA. Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, voluntarily submitted to questioning shortly after the raid, skipping out on her book tour for a “family emergency.”Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that the raid stemmed from an investigation into whether Omar or her late father, Nur Mohamed, fraudulently filled out her citizenship paperwork decades ago. The investigation, the sources noted, could lead to the congresswoman’s denaturalization.But questions about whether Omar allegedly married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in a fraudulent immigration scheme have also arisen. Omar has been plagued by the accusation for a decade, since she first ran for Minnesota state representative in 2016.Court filings from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia referred to Omar as “Ilhan Omar Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Omar,” suggesting that she shares a surname with the man she married in 2009. Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is a British citizen. Sources later told Fox News Digital that Ilhan Omar is not the Somali-born congresswoman’s “real name.”Omar’s office has consistently denied the immigration fraud allegation, characterizing it as a right-wing smear. Most recently, she has said that the renewed scrutiny is the product of a political “vendetta” by President Donald Trump.But Thursday, Fox News Digital confirmed that former President Barack Obama’s administration opened a probe into the allegedly fraudulent marriage in 2016. One source told Fox News Digital that the investigation remained open until 2021, when it was closed by the Biden administration. The Times reported that investigators believed the statute of limitations on a potential crime had passed.

Oscar Murdock
My father is Oscar Murdock, age 94. He is a lifelong conservative and active member of the Murrieta-Temecula Republican Assembly in southern California. He recently shared with me a letter that he sent anonymously to the RNC. His advice could help as the fall campaign approaches its Election Day climax. I hope you agree.
Deroy Murdock, Fox News Contributor

September 29, 2026
Mr. Joe Gruters
Chairman,
Republican National Committee
310 First Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Dear Mr. Gruters:
I am no one special, just a concerned conservative.
This year, Democrats flipped 30 seats in special elections, and the GOP none, while President Donald J. Trump does so much for our country. How is this possible?
Forty Marxist/Leninists, so-called Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have won their primaries. These are really Communists. However, saying “Communists” alone does not describe them well enough. Our schools have taught young Americans little to nothing about the evils of Communism, as in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, the Iron Curtain countries, and Cambodia’s Killing Fields. Whenever we say “Communists,” we must add that they destroy lives, civil liberties, and ownership rights, and mention the other evils they commit and for which they stand.
These Marxist/Leninists have won their primaries. Democrats, as well as Independents, should join the GOP and vote against them, with no need to switch parties. If they defeat our GOP candidates, they will join Bernie Sanders, AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and the rest of The Squad. They will threaten our country with Communist-inspired programs that would destroy the country we know and love.
How was it possible that Congressional Democrats showed no empathy for the survivors of crimes the illegal aliens committed against Americans? During President Trump’s March 2025 address to Congress, Democrats refused to stand up for Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, 13, the black brain-cancer survivor who has become an honorary member of at least 203 police, sheriff, and law-enforcement organizations, including the Secret Service. The Democrats’ unanimous cold-heartedness surely offended tens of millions of voters.
Don’t regular Democrats see how their party has deteriorated through inexplicable Trump hatred? This is not even Bill Clinton’s Democrat Party.
The Democrats, during multiple government shutdowns that they triggered, shifted blame to the GOP and then flipped heavily pro-Trump seats. How?
The GOP needs to develop unorthodox strategies to flip Democrats and Independents, if we hope to increase our seats in the House and Senate on November 3. Millions of “low propensity” GOP voters only show up for presidential elections. We must change, and I hope President Trump’s successes will inspire them to show up and vote “R.”
Newly Trump-endorsed candidates neither should boast nor deny his endorsement, for there are many Never Trumpers. Somehow, MAGA has become a bad thing to some people. And Republican candidates should avoid talking about the GOP having more money than the Democrats. There are many rich Dems who will make up the difference, while GOP donors will stop feeling the need to contribute. But they should denounce the DSA candidates for being Communists and anti-Semites, again pointing out the evil that Communism  perpetrates.
Fewer people than we would like follow the news. So, many of them are less informed than they should be. For example, Johnny Belisario, Jesse Watters’ associate producer at Fox News Channel, frequently conducts man-on-the-street interviews. Many of these people seem college educated. And yet some will say, on camera, that Italy borders the USA. Another could not name our first president. A third could not divide a hundred by five.
Democrats weaponize words against us. We should do them better. Instead of saying, “If they win, they will impeach Trump,” we must say, “If the Democrats win, they will invent charges to impeach Trump.” When we mention “the Big, Beautiful Bill,” we must educate our opponents by calling it “the Big, Beautiful Bill, which ends taxes on tips, overtime, and some Social Security  benefits.”
We should deploy volunteers to strike up conversations for and against the GOP, to understand what regular people are thinking and gauge our ads and stump speeches accordingly.
We should ask flipped Democrats what triggered them to quit their former party. Our candidates should use this in their speeches. We will need to explain why Iran still fights us, and the prices of gasoline and goods are so high. When will this war end?
We should ask our candidates to dress for the office they seek. Appearance matters and is important to some voters.
We should limit showing Abdul El-Sayed or others clowning or acting silly, lest we give them too much free airtime, to our detriment.
We cannot afford to lose any of these coming elections. All hands on deck! Without feeling embarrassed, we should consult Lara Trump, Reince Priebus, Kelly Ann Conway, and even Ronna McDaniel for ideas that might cement our place: holding all three branches of government. These are different times, and our opponents hate America but enjoy the support of indoctrinated young people.
President Trump has provided plenty for our candidates to include in their stump speeches. We should use social media extensively and go on podcasts, TV, and such — even unfriendly outlets. Let the other side see us.
Bernie Sanders, an Independent, suggests that if James Carville, a long-standing Democrat, disagrees with the DSA, he should form his own party. That brazen takeover of the Democrat Party should be part of our criticism of Sanders’ candidates and Democrats in general.
Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefferies, Hillary Clinton, and other elected and well-known Democrats welcome Hasan Piker, El Sayed,  Darializa Avila Chevalier, and all the others to their so-called “Big Tent.” This is one more thing to call out against the Democrats and their candidates.
To open “The Big Tent” to the DSA, just to win elections, is like drinking polluted water. It quenches your thirst but makes you sick. The Democrats are unpatriotic for not opposing them but, instead, inviting them into their ranks.
Many DSA followers are first-generation or recently nationalized Americans, from Egypt, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Somalia, Syria, Uganda, and such places. Somehow, Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City, and suddenly these DSA folks began running for offices all over the country. Are they part of a sleeper group that received a signal to go on the offensive? If so, what else should we expect from them?
We should suggest that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents watch Shark Tank on CNBC, Entrepreneurs on Cheddar,  and Million-Dollar Genius on The Story Channel, to show that capitalists take financial risks to get their innovations to the marketplace. The Smithsonian Channel’s How Do They Make This? shows how freedom of thought creates great things. Aerial America on The History Channel flies over U.S. cities and highlights this country’s beauty.
We should present the public footage and photos of pre-Castro and current Cuban bodegas, street scenes, and city buildings to document the deterioration that Communism causes. We must discourage voters from taking lightly the Marxists/Communists now running as Democrats.
Explain to voters that Capitalists include the Fords, Huntingtons, Kelloggs, Rockefellers, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, plus barbers, Uber drivers, doctors, mom-and-pop business owners, and others. Thanks to them, we enjoy good grooming, communications, great products, and conveniences that no government or political party could provide.
Capitalism is the multi-party political/governmental system that ensures freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and much more. It encourages capitalists to create and supply goods and services that make life more convenient and enjoyable. Capitalism is based on the individual making his own choices, not being controlled by other groups or the government.
Democracy is a multi-party system of government that allows some freedom while regulating via legislation most of the production and services and collecting very high taxes to offer some of these items for free. It suppresses initiative. And in some cases, it is the first phase of Communism.
Communism is the oppressive, atheistic, single-party government system that allows no freedom or deviation from the party-line. It, not individuals, seeks to own the production of goods and provision of services, promising, but failing, to make these things free for all. It performs miserably, causes shortages of all sorts, and, eventually, yields misery, persecution, and death, not the happiness it falsely promises.
Note: I have not signed this letter. I surrender ownership of it. I invite you to use any part of it you choose.

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The French government is reportedly considering a so-called riot tax that would add the cost of frequent unrest to citizens’ insurance bills.
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