🇺🇸⚡️- David Hogg will no longer be running for the DNC Vice Chair position. The only male candidate now will be Malcolm Kenyatta. The Democratic Party leadership will now have no White men.

🇮🇱⚡- "I am happy to announce that after long discussions we have reached agreements on the principles on which the draft conscription law will be based.

As I said all along - only a real, effective bill that leads to an expansion of the IDF recruitment base - will emerge from the committee I chair. I stood for this without compromise.

This is historic news, and we are on the path to real reform in Israeli society and establishing the security of the State of Israel.

Soon the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will begin discussions on the law and its advancement towards second and third reading. We are on our way to history," - Yuli Edelstein.

🇮🇱⚡- "We will not help the ultra-Orthodox represent another lever for achieving the evasion law, and the clear thing is that the government will fold in front of them. The coalition is splitting today - Goldknopf will resign, and if there is a majority for dissolution later, they will claim a change in circumstances," - Knesset Opposition, on their decision to vote for going ahead with the dissolution vote despite not having a majority.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The Knesset vote has begun.

🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli Knesset Members are currently debating the decision.

🇮🇱⚡- The Shas Party have threatened that if the vote is not postponed until next week, they will vote against it today.

The Shas say they had successful conversations with Yuli Edelstein.

🇺🇸⚡️- Hogg confirming he wont run, posts a massive thread on Twitter advertising his Leaders We Deserve PAC and accuses the Democratic Party of being unable to change saying "if there is anything activism or history teaches us it's that comfortable people, especially comfortable people with power, do not change. In this moment of crisis, comfort is not an option."

Hogg held the position for just under 4 months and spent the bulk of his time advocating for candidates endorsed by his PAC and fighting with Party leadership.

🇮🇱⚡- In an ironic twist, the ultra-Orthodox and the Knesset Opposition are now attacking each other.

The Knesset Opposition say the vote will go ahead, either the ultra-Orthodox can join them and help dissolve the Knesset, or not.

If they don't vote, there can be no further votes until December, in which case the Haredim can't escape the conscription law.

🇮🇱⚡- "We will not give the Haredi parties a break to push for a law to evade military service," - Yair Lapid, Knesset Opposition Leader.

🇮🇱⚡- "You sold out the IDF soldiers in order to stay in power for a week or three," - Yair Lapid, Knesset Opposition Leader.

🇮🇱⚡- "Tonight marks the beginning of the disintegration of Israel's ruling coalition," - Yair Lapid, Knesset Opposition Leader.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli military council to meet tomorrow to discuss Iran," - Yair Altman, Israeli journalist for Channel 14.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Unusually very high US aerial activity over Baghdad, Iraq.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- Scenes from Baghdad, Iraq.

🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu is convincing the Haredim that we are in a dangerous security situation and cannot go to elections, instead of convincing them to enlist in the army," - Benny Gantz, Knesset Opposition Leader.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "Iranian military officials met to discuss a response to a possible Israeli strike," - The New York Times, citing an Iranian official.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Tehran has developed a response plan that includes an immediate counterattack on Israel with hundreds of ballistic missiles," - The New York Times, citing an Iranian official.

🇺🇸🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: The US Department of State raises the travel warning for Iraq to 'Level Four".

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "US officials have been informed that Israel is ready to launch a military operation against Iran," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "US officials have been informed that Israel is fully prepared to launch a military operation against Iran," - CBS.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡- "Washington expects Iran to respond by targeting American sites in Iraq," - CBS.

Which would likely explain the Level Four travel warning issued for Iraq by the US DoS.