For today, links to reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Al-Shabaka, Middle East Monitor, and Substack; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says, by Emma Farge | Reuters GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Office said today nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s war is devastating every aspect of civilian life in Lebanon, by Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye DHOUR AL-CHOUEIR, Lebanon The climbing death toll of Israel‘s ongoing war on Lebanon is over 3,000 people, more than a million people have been displaced and nearly a quarter of buildings in southern Lebanon have been damaged or destroyed. As the war . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 22 The Palestinian struggle’s necessary realignment, by Yara Hawari | Al-Shabaka / Consortium News The parameters of what is both possible and feasible for a Palestinian future have long been shaped by those whose policies and values are antithetical to Palestinian liberation. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 7 A law banning breathing, by Sabri Saidam | Middle East Monitor Whenever the world says that the war must end, Netanyahu finds an excuse to continue the flow of his lava, fire, weapons and bullets on the Palestinian people, armed with the support of Uncle Sam, who colluded, was negligent, complicit and conspired against the Palestinian people. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 7 After Biden, by Seymour M. Hersh | Substack Americans once again rejected a flawed female Democratic candidate in favor of Donald Trump, who comes to office with grievances and revenge on his mind, a welcome determination to end the war in Ukraine and a far less welcome commitment to continue the Biden policy of unfettered support for the murderous . . . READ MORE . . .