For today, links to reports from National Public Radio and Reuters, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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More than a dozen people are killed when Israeli forces moved into central Gaza camp. Reported by Anas Baba | NPR  Nearly 44,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli fire in more than a year of war, according to the ministry of health there. A recent Israeli forces operation took place in central Gaza. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM NOV. 18  Israeli strike in Beirut kills five as Lebanon, Hezbollah accept U.S. ceasefire proposal, by Riham Alkousaa and Ari Rabinovitch | Reuters  BEIRUT — Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah have agreed to a U.S. ceasefire proposal and made some comments on the content, a top Lebanese official said on Monday, describing the effort as the most serious yet to . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 17   When we are faced with annihilation, Palestinians must either resist or become extinct, by Mustafa Barghouti | Middle East Monitor  How will the Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and all those who claim to be concerned about international law, human rights and democracy respond to the Israeli annexation declaration? READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 18  Israel, backed by the West, is in the grip of a fantasy of omnipotence, by Alain Gabon | Middle East Eye  Israel has always been the West’s main proxy to weaken and bully Arab states and populations. READ MORE . . .