The president signs the condolence book for the queen at the residence of the British ambassador to Israel, calling her a "beacon of morality in the service of her people."

A short memory may be helpful as a coping mechanism, but it is deadly in matters of foreign policy.

Many Israelis share the sense of British grief over the death of Queen Elizabeth, despite the late royal never visiting and only meeting one Israeli head of state.

Polls predict Shaked's Zionist Spirit will fail to garner the necessary votes to enter the Knesset. Lapid meets with Labor and Meretz leaders in an attempt to persuade the parties to run together in the elections, but reaches no breakthrough.