For today, links to two pieces of commentary, from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor, and, in between, reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Trump has a choice: Obliterate Palestine or end the war, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye Under President Trump and his son-in-law adviser, Jared Kushner, Washington became a policy playground for the settler movement, with which the then U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, was unashamedly aligned. Consequently, in his first term . . . READ MORE . . .
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Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands northern Gaza operations. From AP. Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early today, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice for the site, saying there were Hezbollah facilities there. Also today . . . READ MORE . . .
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More families stream out of north Gaza, as tanks push deeper, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip today and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, where Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 6 UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees urged the world Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people caught up in the war in Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Sidon kills three citizens, Lebanese army says. From Reuters. DUBAI — An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed three Lebanese citizens and wounded three Lebanese soldiers and four Malaysian personnel from UNIFIL forces, the Lebanese army said today. READ MORE . . .
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Hezbollah calls for U.S. action, not words, as Trump reclaims White House, by Timour Azhari | Reuters BEIRUT — Hezbollah welcomes any effort to stop the war in Lebanon but does not pin its hopes for a ceasefire on a particular U.S. administration, Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi said today. READ MORE . . .
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America’s collapse begins from within: Trump’s victory delayed America’s fall, by Nidal Adaileh | Middle East Monitor Donald Trump won an emphatic victory, drawing on a diverse popular base that transcended traditional party lines of support, demonstrating the impact of social and political shifts on this crucial election. READ MORE . . .