For today, links to five reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio and to a video via Consortium News of Oct. 12 UN General Assembly meeting, and links to video from ScheerPost and to commentary from nader.org and CN; other published matter is accessible by clicking on the sources’ names or internet addresses below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world’s attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave. READ MORE . . .
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Rare Israeli strike in central Beirut kills 7 as troops battle Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, by Fadi Tamil and Jack Jeffrey | AP BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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FROM OCT. 2 The UN security council holds an emergency session on the situation on the Middle East. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR The UN Secretary General is urging all sides to accept a diplomatic solution as “time is running out.” Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 2 Watch: UN Security Council on widening Mideast war. From Consortium News. The nearly three-hour session began at about 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Click HERE for video. (Deliberatons begin about 19 minutes in.)
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FROM OCT. 2 What leverage does the U.S. have in the Middle East? A diplomat weighs in. Reported by Mary Louise Kelly, Tyler Bartlam and Patrick Jarenwattananon | NPR U.S. diplomat Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about the leverage the U.S. has in ceasefire talks and the Mideast conflict. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 29 Julian Assange’s 2012 interview with the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. From ScheerPost. “In light of the recent assassination of Hezbollah secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, ScheerPost is republishing this 2012 interview with the Lebanese leader conducted by Julian Assange.” Click HERE for brief introduction and video of interview.
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FROM SEPT. 27 Netanyahu – ‘Nothing can stop us’ – not even the majority of Israelis, by Ralph Nader | nader.org Israel’s Biden-backed war machine is once again bearing down on defenseless Lebanese people. Hostilities on the Israeli/Lebanon border . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 30 Nasrallah is dead but Bibi hasn’t won, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News You have probably heard by now, or heard about, Bibi Netanyahu’s viciously vituperative hate speech before the U.N. General Assembly last Friday. The Israeli prime minister let it be known he hates more or less everybody now, not least the membership of the organization hosting him. They, we, are all . . . READ MORE . . .