For now, links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to commentary from the Washington Post and from an Australian observer; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli shelling strikes a crowd waiting for aid in Gaza City, killing at least 20. From AP. Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli shelling hit a crowd of people waiting for humanitarian aid at a roundabout in Gaza City today, killing at least 20 and wounding 150. The Israeli military says it is looking into the reports. Meanwhile, the death toll from . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 24 In Israel, anger at Netanyahu is getting louder. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’ll face questions about responsibility for Palestinian deaths when the war is over, but there are signs that that reckoning is already approaching. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Israeli mother keeps hope alive that her son, held hostage by Hamas, will be freed. Reported by Geoff Brumfiel | NPR Alon Ohel was taken hostage on Oct. 7 in a village near Gaza, his family recently held a concert in the hopes that he might hear it. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Watch: UN Security Council on Gaza massacres. From Consortium News On Tuesday and Wednesday, more than 70 speakers debated the ongoing attacks on Gaza by Israel, whose “clear and repeated rejection” of the two-State solution “is unacceptable,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who opened the two-day debate. He said “this . . . Click HERE for introduction and video.
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FROM JAN. 24 Israel and Hamas probe for a pause, by David Ignatius | The Washington Post Israel and Hamas are groping toward a resumption of negotiations to trade Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, accompanied by an extended pause in fighting, as well as a sharp increase in aid for desperate civilians in Gaza. These deadlocked issues are . . . READ MORE . . .
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Gaza is exposing Western liberals for the frauds they are, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohstone.com.au The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what Western governments are doing to perpetuate them. Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose . . . READ MORE . . .
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