How Israel lost four elections in less than two weeks - analysis

Israel lost four elections in 10 days: Serbia's pro-Israel Vučić alliance defeated, Brazil's anti-Israel Lula re-elected, Israel's own election deadlocked, and US midterms where Democrats took both chambers with anti-Israel gains. Analysis examines diplomatic and alliance consequences.

Israel lost four elections in 10 days, weakening its diplomatic position and threatening key alliances. The losing streak began on October 25 in Serbia, where Aleksandar Vučić, a strong ally of Israel, saw his alliance lose the snap parliamentary election to a student-backed list. The winning Student List has pledged to halt arms exports to war zones and its manifesto stated: 'We will not be complicit in the systematic attempt to destroy the Palestinian people that Israel is carrying out in the Gaza Strip.' On the same day in Brazil, left-wing, anti-Israel President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated right-wing, pro-Israel Flávio Bolsonaro, dashing hopes in Jerusalem for friendlier relations. Israel's own election ended in deadlock, with neither Netanyahu's bloc nor the change bloc securing a governing majority. In the US midterms, Democrats took both chambers of Congress, and anti-Israel Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed will join Washington. The article notes that among Republicans, some voices blame Israel for the GOP's losses, citing a New York Post headline and Vice President JD Vance's post linking the Iran war to high gas prices and Republican defeat.