First, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. Then, via Consortium News, commentary by a Britain-based observer. (Today’s UKRAINE entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Netanyahu says Israel will have an ‘overall security’ role in Gaza indefinitely, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magy | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the coastal enclave one month into a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and leveled whole swaths of the territory. He expressed openness to “little pauses” in the fighting to . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER A month after Hamas attacked Israel, is the Israeli military achieving its goals? Steve Inskeep of NPR asks retired Israeli Brigadier General Amir Avivi if his country is achieving its military objectives in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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NEWER Netanyahu’s references to violent biblical passages raise alarm among critics. From NPR. How should the world interpret Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent allusions to the Hebrew Bible, when discussing his country’s war on Hamas? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Israel’s spy agency is one of the best. How did it not foresee Hamas’ attacks? Reported by Linah Mohammad, Erika Ryan, Kat Lonsdorf, Courtney Dorning and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR Former Mossad agent Sima Shine talks about the intelligence failure that the Oct. 7 attacks represent for security services in Israel. Click HERE to watch, listen, and read.
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What we’re not hearing about Oct. 7, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-Cook.net / Consortium News Western media have not been willing to raise even a single question about what happened on Oct. 7. They have enthusiastically attributed every horror that day to Hamas. They have ignored the reality of utter chaos that reigned for many hours and the potential for . . . READ MORE . . .