Israel's still counting, and the argument over who governs it has already moved to people who won't sit in the Knesset. Some of it arrives as a friend's opinion, passed along through sources. Some of it may have arrived as cash. In Lebanon, Hezbollah's leader has handed his side of the bargaining to Tehran.

Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less

• Iran: Vance writes to Rezaei that heading off new strikes means nuclear talks, and an Iranian official rejects Qatar's draft. See The War Today.
• Hezbollah: Qassem calls the June framework void and says disarmament isn't up for discussion while Israel stays in the south. See The War Today.
• Election integrity: Sohlberg gives the Shin Bet a week on suspected foreign funding, and police find no evidence the vote was stolen. See Inside Israel.
• Liberman: With Netanyahu's bloc at 53 as of 10:02 this morning, Liberman reportedly stops answering Bennett and Eisenkot. See Inside Israel.
• Trump: American sources say Trump wants Ben-Gvir and Smotrich kept out of the next government, and a US official denies it. See Israel and the World.
• BBC Verify: The BBC first gave the IDF seven days to answer on 300 cases, and says the army answered two. See Israel and the World.
• The CPS: Britain's prosecutors have flagged antisemitic crimes separately since May, so the charges can finally be counted. See Israel and the World.
• The rifles: From 1 to 12 November the IDF collects the gear soldiers took home, at 65 drop-off points, prosecuting nobody. See Briefly Noted.
• Switzerland: Bern shortlists IAI's Barak MX for long-range air defense, with its Patriot batteries at least five years late. See Briefly Noted.

Asking for a say costs nothing, and this morning nearly everyone's asking. Meanwhile the things Israel runs kept running. The army is calling home the rifles and night-vision sets that three years of reserve duty left in people's closets, and nobody had to sign off on that.