The day before a vote is when people start wanting things in writing. The army wants a name on any decision it's asked to carry out. The Samaria council wants families living on its hills before any new cabinet gets a say. Both are planning for the morning after, whoever wins. Washington's working to a different election.
Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less
Iran: Trump tells Israel to wait, and Zamir reportedly asks for a signed order before an action that could escalate with Iran. See The War Today.
Hebron: Friday's gunmen had help from Hamas in Turkey, the army believes, and Paratroopers arrest a would-be attacker on Highway 60. See The War Today.
The police: Sohlberg lets Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir meet the police chief, and bars them from directing him on the vote. See Inside Israel.
Achi: A recording has Kish, with Netanyahu on speaker, offering Achi a deputy ministry for leaving the race. See Inside Israel.
Samaria: The first families move into Shalem near Elon Moreh, the ninth community in the Samaria council's plan. See Inside Israel.
Tehran: Saudi Arabia's defense minister brings Pakistan's army chief and Turkey's spy chief to Iran's security council. See Israel and the World.
Finer: Biden's former deputy national security adviser tells Democrats to cut Israel's aid whoever forms its next government. See Israel and the World.
Board of Deputies: British Jewry's representative body votes 118 to one to declare the Green Party racist. See Israel and the World.
The MOU: A fight over defense technology holds up the next US aid deal, and the money's shrinking regardless. See Briefly Noted.
Ben Gurion: Arrivals outrun departures by 67,231 in a week, and Israir's chief says it's Israelis flying home to vote. See Briefly Noted.
Karak: Jordanian forces capture the three men they say attacked Friday's church funeral, all three alive. See Briefly Noted.
Abroad, plenty of people have stopped waiting for the result before writing down their terms. Britain's Jews are asking for something in writing too, from a party that just voted to treat Zionism as racism.
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