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<article data-history-node-id="450434" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-volunteer-surgeon-adam-hamawy-wins-us-house-seat-new-jersey" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-volunteer-surgeon-adam-hamawy-wins-us-house-seat-new-jersey" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza volunteer surgeon Adam Hamawy wins US House seat in New Jersey</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Democrat Adam Hamawy, who treated Palestinians in Gaza during Israel’s genocide, has defeated Republican Gregg Mele to represent New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.</p> <p>The 57-year-old former US Army combat surgeon campaigned against military assistance to Israel and other countries committing human rights violations.</p> <p>He has also condemned the war on Iran as “illegal and immoral”. In a May interview he accused Washington of “catering to special interests of the defense contractors and war mongers and with organizations like [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] AIPAC and Israel’s special interests.”</p> <p>Hamawy joined missions to Gaza in 2024 and 2025 through the Palestinian American Medical Association, with coordination from the World Health Organization.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="450432" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/it-will-crush-us-israeli-leaders-panic-mode-over-fallout-us-elections" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/it-will-crush-us-israeli-leaders-panic-mode-over-fallout-us-elections" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘It will crush us’: Israeli leaders in panic mode over fallout from US elections</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid warned after the US election results that Netanyahu’s continued leadership would endanger Israel’s security and deepen its international isolation.</p> <p>"Israel cannot afford for him (Netanyahu), to remain prime minister. It endangers security, it endangers democracy, it will crush us in the world," Lapid wrote on X.</p> <p>"The American election results in the morning have one unexpected outcome: they eliminate any possibility of a unity government led by Netanyahu," he added.</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-social-platform="twitter" data-embed-url="https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2117870871104627033"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">להתבטאויות של זיני בלילה ולתוצאות הבחירות באמריקה בבוקר יש תוצאה לא צפויה אחת: זה מחסל כל אפשרות לממשלת אחדות בראשות נתניהו. <br><br>ישראל לא יכולה להרשות לעצמה שהוא יישאר ראש הממשלה. זה מסכן את הבטחון, זה מסכן את הדמוקרטיה, זה ירסק אותנו בעולם.</p>— יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) <a href="https://x.com/yairlapid/status/2117870871104627033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p>Yair Golan, leader of the Democrats party, also sounded the alarm, warning that Netanyahu’s continued rule could push an already internationally isolated Israel towards “international sanctions, international isolation and a collision with the United States”.</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-social-platform="twitter" data-embed-url="https://x.com/YairGolan1/status/2117876255068504511"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">תוצאות בחירות האמצע הלילה בארה״ב חושפות עד כמה נתניהו רעיל גם אצל הדמוקרטים וגם אצל הרפובליקנים. <br><br>אני מתריע: המשך כהונתם של נתניהו ובן גביר עלול להוביל את ישראל למסלול של סנקציות בינלאומיות, בידוד בינלאומי ולהתנגשות עם ארה״ב, ידידתנו ובעלת בריתנו החשובה ביותר.<br><br>ישראל זקוקה…</p>— Yair Golan - יאיר גולן (@YairGolan1) <a href="https://x.com/YairGolan1/status/2117876255068504511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p>Jerusalem Post analyst Amichai Stein warned that the results could bring “harsher criticism of Israel, and less willingness to defend the traditional relationship between the two countries.”</p> <p>His analysis warned that the success of candidates critical of Israel could influence the Democratic Party’s direction ahead of the 2028 presidential election.</p> <div class="url-embed-wrapper" data-social-platform="twitter" data-embed-url="https://x.com/AmichaiStein1/status/2117850179197923825"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="iw" dir="rtl">עוד מכה לרפובליקנים (וגם לישראל):<br><br>הדמוקרט טרוי ג'קסון מנצח במרוץ לסנאט האמריקאי במדינת מיין, ומביס את הרפובליקנית הפרו ישראלית סוזן קולינס לאחר 30 שנה</p>— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href="https://x.com/AmichaiStein1/status/2117850179197923825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p>Israel’s Channel 14 framed the Republican defeat as a direct setback for Israel, declaring in its headline: “A severe blow to Trump and Israel: Democrats won the midterm elections.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

What to follow on Election Day and how to watch results come in, Strength In Numbers style

What to follow on Election Day and how to watch results come in, Strength In Numbers style