For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and ELECTION and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Gaza mourns children killed in Israeli strike as death toll rises. From Reuters. GAZA — A Gaza family sat weeping today over children killed by an Israeli strike as they were getting ready to play soccer, amid an intensified bombardment that Palestinian health authorities said has killed 44 people over the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.

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FROM NOV. 8  Jordan’s former foreign minister says two-state solution is over.  From Middle East Eye.  Marwan Muasher, who was Jordan’s foreign minister from 2002 to 20024, says Arab countries need to abandon the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. “Practically,” he said in a wide-ranging interview, “that is not . . . Click HERE to read report and for video of conversation.