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Ruby Chen presses for October 7 inquiry after Israeli vote

CNN's election coverage adds a bereaved father's demand for accountability to the unresolved negotiations over Israel's next government.

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1:27Oren Liebermann explains why neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's opposition has enough projected seats for a majority.
5:22Mairav Zonszein argues that Eisenkot and Netanyahu differ little on security policy.
7:23Zonszein says an alternative government would need cooperation from Palestinian Arab parties.
11:16Ruby Chen calls for an immediate state commission of inquiry into October 7 and describes appeals to US officials.

Ruby Chen wants Israel's next government to confront the failures of October 7, not simply negotiate its way into office.

In CNN's election broadcast, the father of a soldier killed during the Hamas attack calls for an immediate state commission of inquiry. Chen, director of American Prosperity in the Middle East, also describes taking his appeal to US officials.

"If you do not learn from your mistakes, you are destined to repeat them again and again," he says.

His interview adds a personal demand for accountability to coverage otherwise dominated by coalition arithmetic. CNN reports that neither Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot has secured a governing majority, with the official count still unfinished. Likud remains projected to be the largest individual party, but that alone would not give Netanyahu enough support to govern.

Analyst Mairav Zonszein argues that an alternative government would have to work with Palestinian Arab parties. She also cautions against expecting a sharp security-policy departure under Eisenkot: "The differences between Eisenkot and Netanyahu on security issues are not that big."

Chen's contribution puts a different test before whoever forms a government: whether it will establish the inquiry he is demanding.

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