For today. links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and Common Dreams; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis, by Mahmoud Ileana and Natalie Melzer | AP ALLENBY CROSSING, West Bank — Three Israelis were shot and killed today at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. The military said the gunman . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.
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Israeli strike kills senior rescue-service official in Gaza, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia today killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said. The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi’s death raised to 83 the number of its members . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 5 Biden’s memo invoked to stop arms to Israel, by Julia Conley | Common Dreams / Consortium News More than two dozen groups on Tuesday sent a letter to President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their foreign policy advisers saying to administration need look no further than its own . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 7 Half a million people protest against government in Israel. From Middle East Eye. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested across the country on Saturday for the eighth consecutive night with some clashes reported with the police. The demonstrations were ignited on Sunday last week after the bodies of six captives . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 7 Tens of thousands march for Palestine towards Israeli embassy in London, by Areeb Ullah | Middle East Eye LONDON — Tens of thousands of protesters marched for Palestine in central London on Saturday as Israel continues its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Organisers held a series of speeches at the start of the march on Regent Street before . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Common Dreams.
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FROM SEPT. 7 U.S. and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire, by Jill Lawless | AP LONDON — The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2 1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv’s allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation. READ MORE . . .