For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio, and to the reconstructed second postings* of three items: links to a an interview from ScheerPost, to an interview from Middle East Eye, and to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 60, officials say, as Hezbollah announces new leader, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people early today, more than half of them women and children, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye.
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Laws pass in Israel that may threaten the work of a UN aid agency in Gaza. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Michel Martin | NPR Israeli lawmakers have passed two laws that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil and severing ties with it. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for report from AP.
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FROM OCT. 28 Israel and its neighborhood: An interview with ambassador Chas Freeman. Patrick Lawrence of Substack and ScheerPost talks with retired U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman about changing international relations over the last year as a result of Israel’s wars in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. Click HERE to read a partial transcript.
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FROM OCT. 26 Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon: How the pro-Israel lobby influences U.S. policy.Mohamed Hashem of Middle East Eye talks with Harvard University professor Stephen Walt on a range of topics concerning Israel, its wars, and role of the Israel lobby in U.S. politics and actions. Click HERE for video of interview.
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FROM OCT. 28 Israeli atrocities are nothing new. The only novelty is the scale, by Joseph Massad | Middle East Eye The ongoing and simultaneous Israeli aggression in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran strikes many as exceptional and unprecedented. READ MORE . . .
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* These three items originally appeared as part of an entry headed “Gaza, 10-28-24,” the entirety of which disappeared, along with all of two others, headed “Ukraine, 10-28-24” and “Media, 10-29-24.” The disappearances were unprecedented in the more than five years of this website’s existence.