First, links to reports from Consortium News and Common Dreams, and to a piece of commentary from Common Dreams via CN; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 11-18-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 17  UN Security Council gives U.S. ‘mandate’ over Palestine, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News   The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that gives the world body’s imprimatur to Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a territory he said publicly should be ethnically cleansed to develop a Mediterranean resort. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 17  UN approval of Gaza ‘stabilization force’ slammed as ‘denial of Palestinian self-determination,’ by Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams  Palestine defenders decried Monday’s approval by the United NationsSecurity Council of a US plan authorizing a so-called international stabilization force for Gaza—a plan decried by one peace group as a denial of Palestinian self-determination. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 17  Trump’s UN ploy, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares | Common Dreams / Consortium News  The Trump administration is pushing an Israeli-crafted resolution at the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) this week aimed at eliminating the possibility of a State of Palestine. The resolution does three things. READ MORE . . .

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