For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor, and to the first of two reports from a Substack journalist — he promised the second for today — and to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on the name Substack as highlighted or NPR’s initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM

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Top war-crimes court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials, by Molly Quell | AP  THE HAGUE — The world’s top war-crimes court today issued arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with their war that began more than a year ago. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.

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FROM NOV. 20  Force evacuation and smash the camps: A report from inside Gaza, by Seymour M.Hersh | Substack  Control over all of Gaza and the West Bank is the core demand of the religious right in Israel that now dominates the government. A well-informed Washington official says the Israeli leadership will formally annex the West Bank in the very near . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 20  Israeli destruction makes large parts of south Lebanon ‘uninhabitable.’ Reported by Ruth Sherlock | NPR  Israel’s war against Hezbollah has driven hundreds of thousand of civilians from their homes in southern Lebanon. Satellite data and eye witness testimony indicate the scale of the destruction. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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TO BE CONTINUED