For today, links to five reports: from Substack, Reuters, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio; to commentary from Middle East Eye; and to an imaginary conversation from ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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FROM NOV. 12 The accusations that could bring Bibi down, by Seymour M. Hersh | Substack Menachem Mizrahi is a highly respected judge in Israel, a conservative jurist whose magistrate court is the most basic in the country’s court hierarchy, with jurisdiction over criminal matters and family disputes. He has now jailed five senior military and government officials in a rapidly expanding criminal investigation that . . . READ MORE . . .
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Gaza aid access ‘at a low point’, UN official says, by Emma Farge | Reuters GENEVA — Aid access in Gaza is at a low point with deliveries to parts of the besieged north of the enclave all but impossible, a U.N. humanitarian official said today. The remarks run counter to a U.S. assessment earlier this week . . . READ MORE . . .
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HRW: Israel conducting forced population transfer in Gaza. From Middle East Monitor. Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of deliberately forcing the displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 14 The status of Israel’s operation in southern Lebanon. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR Israeli officials say they’re closer to declaring “mission accomplished” in southern Lebanon. They aimed to push Hezbollah militia away from the border so thousands of Israelis can return to the area. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks, seeks end to ‘problems,‘ by Maya Gebeily and Riham Alkousaa | Reuters BEIRUT — Iran will back any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official, Ali Larijani, said today, signalling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict that has dealt heavy blows to its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 14 Hezbollah rebuilds resistance as national unity prevails, for now, by Paul Khalifeh and, on video, Daniel Levy | Middle East Eye Hezbollah is currently fighting on two fronts: resisting the Israeli army, while also managing internal political and social pressures within Lebanon. On Monday . . . Click HERE for article by Khalifeh and talk by Levy.
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FROM NOV. 13 As Gazans starve, recall your granddad fled the Great Hunger in Ireland. Robert Scheer of ScheerPost in the role of President Biden and Ray McGovern, who was the CIA’s daily briefer to a succession of U.S. presidents, as himself as if he had not retired. In an imaginary post-election “briefing,” McGovern appeals to the grandson of someone who migrated to the United States to escape possible starvation. Click HERE to listen and watch.