For today, links to 12 reports from the Anadolu Agency, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Truthout, Middle East Monitor, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israeli Premier Netanyahu committed to Biden-backed Gaza cease-fire proposal, Blinken says. From Anadolu Agency. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “reaffirmed his commitment” to a Gaza cease-fire proposal during their meeting on Monday evening. READ MORE . . .
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Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan, U.S. cites ‘hopeful sign,’ by Daphne Psaledakis and Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters TEL AVIV / CAIRO — Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in Gaza and is ready to negotiate details, a senior official of the Palestinian militant group said today in what the U.S. Secretary of State called “a hopeful sign”. Conversations . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER U.S. to give $404 mn in new aid to Palestinians: Blinken. From AFP. SWEIMEH. Jordan — Secretary of State Antony Blinken today announced $404 million in new U.S. assistance for the Palestinians, as he urged other countries including U.S. critics also to give money to address Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. Announced at an emergency aid conference. . . READ MORE . . .
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UN says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid, by Jamey Keaten | AP GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is citing possible war crimes by Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in connection with a deadly raid by Israeli forces that freed four hostages over the weekend and killed hundreds of Palestinians. The expressed concerns include possible violations of rules of proportionality, distinction and precaution by . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 10 World Food Programme pauses use of U.S. aid pier in Gaza due to Israeli attacks, by Sharon Zheng | Truthout / ScheerPost The UN food program has been forced to pause aid shipments through the U.S. military’s “humanitarian aid” pier in Gaza after its warehouses came under attack amid Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in Nuseirat on Saturday, the agency announced Sunday as it warned that famine is looming in Gaza. UN World Food Programme . . . READ MORE . . .
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UNRWA says more than half of Gaza’s buildings have been destroyed. From Middle East Monitor. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees said on Monday that more than half of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by Israeli attacks since 7 October last year, Anadolu has reported. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 10 UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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FROM JUNE 10 U.S. Ambassador to U.N. on the Security Council’s vote for a ceasefire in Gaza. Reported by Noah Caldwell, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Ari Shapiro | NPR U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield gives her perspective on the dynamics between the United Nations, governments of the United States, and Hamas. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM JUNE 10 The U.S. effort to push a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Reported by Daniel Estrin, Michele Kelemen and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR The three of them discuss some of what’s going on, includingaspects from other countries in the region, the United Nations, and U.S. and Israeli politics. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM JUNE 10 Biden’s two wars. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR The wars in Ukraine and Gaza have become defining issues for President Biden. Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic magazine, Stephen Walt of the Harvard Kennedy School, and Matthew Kroenig of the Atlantic Council talk about it. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinians are living their lives — anxiously. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi | NPR Palestinians living in Ramallah, the West Bank’s largest city, say they are trapped, unable to travel because of settler violence and checkpoints. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah, on it border with Lebanon, is intensifying. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf and Rob Schmitz | NPR The low-level war between Israel and Lebanon is ramping up, with cross border rocket fire and emptied towns. There are fears that it could lead to a major conflagration. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.