For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Alarabiya News, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press and, via Popular Resistance, Orinoco Tribune; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Consortium News, commentary a Substack writer called The Flautist published on Nov. 2. (Today’s UKRAINE entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Israel power company says worker killed by strike from Lebanon. From Alarabiya News and AFP. An Israeli power company worker was killed by an anti-tank missile strike across the Lebanese border, his employer said today as tensions flared between Israel and the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah. Shalom Abudi, 56, was killed on Sunday night “by Hezbollah fire during his work in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli tanks at gates of main Gaza hospital where patients trapped in ‘circle of death’, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams | Reuters Israeli forces reached the gates of Gaza City’s main hospital today, the primary target in their battle to seize control of the northern half of the Gaza Strip, where medics said patients including newborn babies were dying for lack of fuel. From inside Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza health ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qidra said 32 patients had died in the past three days, including three newborn . . . READ MORE . . .
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Patients and doctors at Gaza hospitals are caught in Israel’s campaign against Hamas. Reported by Steve Inskeep and Aya Batrawy | NPR Israeli ground forces are battling Hamas on the streets of Gaza City, with heavy fighting around the main Al-Shifa hospital. Israel says Hamas is using the hospital as a command center for militants. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza, by Isabel DeBre | AP JERUSALEM — The battles around Shifa Hospital on Saturday raised an urgent question: When do medical facilities lose special protection under international humanitarian law? READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Arab and Muslim leaders meet to condemn Israeli aggression in Gaza. Steve Inskeep of NPR talks with Sanam Vakil of Chatham House, a British think tank, about a weekend summit of Arab and Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.
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Colombia joins Algeria in complaint against Netanyahu for war crimes. From Orinoco Tribune. Colombia on Thursday, Nov. 9, announced its decision to join Algeria in filing a complaint before the International Criminal Court against the prime minister of the Israeli settler entity, Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes. This case is being made in view of the . . . READ MORE . . .
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Writer says Palestinian lives are undervalued. Reported by Michael Levitt, William Troop and Scott Detrow | NPR Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi, talks about her latest piece titled “Is it too much to ask people to view Palestinians as humans? Apparently so.” Click HERE to listen and read.
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NEWER Israel lobby’s disastrous domination, by Cara MariAnna | The Floutist / Consortium News Much has passed since President Biden’s visit to Israel last month. The atrocity of Israel’s indiscriminate military campaign in Gaza is now widely recognized as constituting a genocide. Principled non–Western nations — Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras — began last week to sever relations with Tel Aviv or recall their ambassadors. Since then, an . . . READ MORE . . .