For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; to commentary from CraigMurrary.org.uk via Consortium News; and to an imaginary conversation from ScheerPost; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say. From AP. Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes overnight and into today have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman, hours after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM DEC. 6  The end of pluralism in the Middle East, by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk / Consortium News  BEIRUT — A truly seismic change in the Middle East has occurred.  At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation and creation of a Greater Israel, in return for the annihilation of the Shia minorities of Syria and Lebanon and the imposition of Salafism across the Eastern Arab world. READ MORE . . .

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FROM DEC. 10  Mr. President, isn’t your ‘friend’ a terrorist? 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.