U.S. President Donald Trump said he saw no reason to escalate the Iran war after the midterms, while citing antiwar sentiment, gasoline prices and views on Israel as factors in Republican losses.
In a CBS News interview published Nov. 8, Trump was asked whether he would escalate the conflict after the U.S. midterm elections. “I don’t think there’s any reason to,” he said. He also attributed some Republican losses to opposition to the war, higher gasoline prices and what he described as dislike of Israel.
Trump’s remarks add his assessment to discussion of the party’s election performance.
On Nov. 8, Israeli President Isaac Herzog formally gave Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, a mandate to form a government, the Associated Press reported. The Israeli President’s Office said factions representing 67 Knesset members recommended Eisenkot. Factions representing 46 members backed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while a seven-member faction made no recommendation.
The President’s Office said Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a government, and Herzog can grant him an extension of up to 14 days. The appointment opens coalition talks; the Associated Press reported that it does not by itself make Eisenkot prime minister.
In Türkiye, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) lists COP31 in Antalya from Nov. 9 to Nov. 20. The annual conference gives governments a place to negotiate responses to climate change, and the UNFCCC lists the Antalya EXPO Center as the venue. COP31 is the convention’s 31st Conference of the Parties.
The UNFCCC schedule lists the Antalya Leaders’ Summit for Nov. 11-12, shortly after COP31’s scheduled opening on Nov. 9.
