For today, links to 13 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, Arab News, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor, to commentary from ScheerPost, and to an imaginary conversation from ScheerPost; 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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U.S. vetoes UN resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza because there’s no link to a hostage release, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — The United States today vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza because it is not linked to an immediate release of hostages taken captive by Hamas in Israel in October 2023. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Tass.
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Israeli strikes kill 33 in Gaza; hospital in north makes distress call, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today, including a rescue worker, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge, bombarding a hospital and blowing up homes. Medics said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu says Israel offering $5 mn reward for each Gaza hostage freed. From Arab News. JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was offering a reward of $5 million to anybody who brings out a hostage held in Gaza. “Anybody who brings out a hostage will find . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for video from AP.
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FROM NOV. 19 Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they’re shooting civilians. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR Eyewitnesses in Gaza say that Israel’s military is using guns attached to drones to carry out attacks. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE to listen to NPR report today.
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Here’s what happened in Gaza after biggest looting of UN food aid in recent memory. Reported by Aya Batrawy | NPR Armed gangs attacked a convoy of more than 100 trucks of United Nations food aid, as humanitarian groups call on Israel to do more to secure aid routes and as people across Gaza go hungry. Click HERE to listen and, and later, read.
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Biden administration pushes Democrats to block $20bn arms ban to Israel. From Middle East Monitor. The Biden administration is pressuring Democratic Senators to oppose a progressive-led effort to block over $20 billion in US weapon shipments to Israel, officials told The Times of Israel. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for earlier report from AP.
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FROM NOV. 18 Amsterdam mayor takes back ‘pogrom’ comments following Maccabi-Ajax violence, by Rayhan Uddin | Middle East Eye Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam on Sunday took back comments describing violence that took place following a football match between Israeli and Dutch teams earlier this month as a “pogrom”, and has said Israel “bypassed” Dutch authorities regarding details . . . Click HERE for article and video.
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FROM NOV. 19 Organized oblivion, by Chris Hedges | Original to ScheerPost The genocide in Gaza mirrors the physical annihilation of Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks, who feared a nationalist revolt like the one that had convulsed the Balkans . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 19 Mr. President, ATACMS won’t win the war! Robert Scheer of ScheerPost in the role of President Biden and Ray McGovern, who was the CIA’s daily briefer to a succession of U.S. presidents, as himself as if he had not retired. In another imaginary “briefing,” they discuss some of the latest events. Click HERE to listen and watch.