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For today, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Reuters, and National Public Radio; to two articles of commentary from Middle East Eye; and to a podcast via Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 10-21-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza, by Molly Quell | AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Court of Justice said today Israel must allow the UN aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The Hague-based court was asked last year . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Israel ‘not a protectorate’ of the U.S., Netanyahu says ahead of meeting with Vance, by Melanie Lidman | AP TEL AVIV — Israel’s prime minister toughened his stance today by declaring that his country is in charge of its own security and isn’t an American protectorate as he prepared to discuss progress on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement with U.S. Vice President JD Vance. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.
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Netanyahu hints at opposition to any Turkish forces in Gaza, by Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters JERUSALEM / CAIRO — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today hinted at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a U.S.-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu puts architect of GHF in centre overseeing Gaza aid and ceasefire: report, by Nadav Rapaport | Middle East Eye TEL AVIV — One of the key architects of the scandal-plagued Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been appointed as Benjamin Netanyahu’s representative at the U.S. Army’s Civil-Military Coordination Center, Channel 12 News reported. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 21 Vance arrives in Israel with goal of keeping truce on track. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR Vice President JD Vance arrives in Israel as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to bolster a Mideast ceasefire that’s already proving shaky. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM OCT. 21 Why the Gaza Tribunal is still needed after Trump’s ceasefire, by Richard Falk | Middle East Eye A people’s tribunal was formed a year ago in response to the failure of the established world order of sovereign states and international institutions to stop what experts and ordinary people increasingly recognised as genocide in Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 21 Egypt backs Tony Blair to oversee Gaza as ‘modern-day high commissioner,’ by Middle East Eye correspondent in Egypt. As Donald Trump made his way to the Middle East when the Gaza ceasefire began, he told reporters that the potential role of Tony Blair in the Palestinian enclave’s future . . . READ MORE . . .
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The ceasefire illusion: Deaths, denials and diplomatic spin. Mouin Rabbani and Nasim Ahmed of Palestine This Week discuss events in Gaza and the West Bank and diplomatic developments, among other topics. Click HERE to watch and listen, and for an intro.
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