For today, links to four reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, Consortium News, and Common Dreams, and to a piece of commentary from Common Dreams via CN; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their initials or names below. (GAZA 11-18-25 is HERE, or scroll down. SYRIA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 10 Palestinans, rattling ceasefire, medics say, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Howard Goller | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today in a part of the enclave under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said, specifying that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 18 The U.S, plan for Gaza won UN backing. Carrying it out could be far more difficult, by Lee Keath | AP CAIRO — The U.N. Security Council has backed the United States’ ambitious plan for the future of the Gaza Strip. How and when it will be carried out remain largely unknown. In a twist . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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FROM NOV. 17 UN Security Council gives U.S. ‘mandate’ over Palestine, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that gives the world body’s imprimatur to Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a territory he said publicly should be ethnically cleansed to develop a Mediterranean resort.Click HERE to read, and for video of Security Council meeting and nations’ statement.
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FROM NOV. 17 UN approval of Gaza ‘stabilization force’ slammed as ‘denial of Palestinian self-determination,’ by Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams Palestine defenders decried Monday’s approval by the United NationsSecurity Council of a US plan authorizing a so-called international stabilization force for Gaza—a plan decried by one peace group as a denial of Palestinian self-determination. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 17 Trump’s UN ploy, by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares | Common Dreams / Consortium News The Trump administration is pushing an Israeli-crafted resolution at the U.N. Security Council this week aimed at eliminating the possibility of a State of Palestine. The resolution does three things. READ MORE . . .
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