For today, links to reports from Reuters and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Middle East Eye and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM   

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Lebanese rescuers scour the site of Israeli strike south of Beirut that killed 20. From Reuters. BARJA, Lebanon — Lebanese rescuers scoured the rubble of a destroyed apartment building south of Beirut today for bodies or any survivors of an Israeli strike that health authorities said killed at least 20 people the previous evening. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 5  Netanyahu fires Defence Minister Gallant citing lack of trust. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Foreign Minister Israel Katz, to succeed Yoav Gallant as Defence Minister, while Gideon Saar becomes the new Foreign Minister, Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday. READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s Unrwa ban will be devastating for Palestinians, by Lubna Masarwa | Middle East Eye It is an act that seeks to deprive three million people in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem of all their schools, primary healthcare, pharmacies, rubbish collection and many other essential services. READ MORE . . .

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Biden’s foreign policy missteps weakened the West and undermined Harris’ path to the presidency, by Timothy Ash | The Kyiv Independent  U.S. President Joe Biden’s foreign policy weighed heavily on Vice President Kamala Harris’s prospects to win the presidency. In fact, Biden’s foreign policy decisions have generally been disastrous. READ MORE . . .