For today, links to reports from Middle East Monitor and Anadolu; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (WEST BANK 11-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, LEBANON, CHENEY, GAZA and UKRAINE entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 7  2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli army fire near Jerusalem. From Middle East Monitor. Two Palestinian teens were shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of al-Judeira, northwest of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 7  15 Palestinians injured as Israeli army fires live bullets, tear gas at anti-settlement protest in West Bank, by Qais Omar Darwesh Omar, Rania Abu Shamala | Anadolu Ajansi  RAMALLAH, Palestine / ISTANBUL  At least 15 Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli army fired live bullets and tear gas shells at a peaceful protest in Tulkarm, northern occupied West Bank, against the construction of a new illegal settlement outpost east of the city. READ MORE . . .

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For today, a link to commentary via Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name below. (CHENEY 11-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and UKRAINE entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Dick Cheney may be gone, but the wars he waged are forever, by Mohamad Elmasry | Middle East Eye  After news broke that former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 84, died on Tuesday of pneumonia and cardiac disease, tributes came pouring in from across the political and media spectrums. Establishment Democrats, including . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 11-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, CHENEY and UKRAINE entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 7  U.S. intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former U.S. officials say, by Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters  WASHINGTON — The U.S. gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza — operations reliant on American-supplied weapons, five former U.S. officials said. READ MORE . . .

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Gaza health officials say over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, by Wafaa Shurafa and Julia Frankel | AP  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Gaza health officials said today that over 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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For today, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 11-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, CHENEY and GAZA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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A Russian drone strike on a tower block in eastern Ukraine kills 3 and injures 12. From AP.  KYIV — A Russian drone slammed into a tower block in eastern Ukraine early today while many were sleeping, killing three and injuring 12 people, Ukrainian authorities reported. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 11-5-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA, LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Ukraine says more than 1,400 Africans from dozens of countries fighting for Russia. From Reuters. KYIV — More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said today. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine’s special ops hit oil depots and fuel trains in occupied Crimea: military, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post  The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out overnight drone strikes on several oil depots and fuel storage sites in Russian-occupied Crimea, hitting key logistics hubs and setting off large fires, the military said Wednesday. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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FROM NOV. 6  U.S. urges Europe to move faster to phase out Russian gas, expand pipeline networks to Ukraine, by Derek Gatopoulos and Theodora Tongas | AP  ATHENS — Senior U.S. officials urged European allies Thursday to speed up the phasing out of Russian gas by expanding regional pipeline networks and boosting American liquefied natural gas imports across Europe. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for AP report in Spanish.

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Efforts toward resolving Ukraine conflict stalled amid Kiev’s reluctance — Kremlin. From Tass. MOSCOW — Efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict have been on a pause amid Kiev’s reluctance to follow the political and diplomatic path and provocative European moves, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The main thing . . .  READ MORE . . .

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Russia stripped captured Ukrainian warship Kostyantyn Olshansky to the bone, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post  In Sevastopol, Russian forces have looted the large Ukrainian Navy landing ship Kostyantyn Olshansky, captured during the 2014 occupation of Crimea. READ MORE . . .

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For today, a link to a report from Reuters; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (MEDIA 11-6-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli Oscars entry evokes empathy to Palestinians but irks government. From Reuters. TEL AVIV —  Director and writer Shai Carmeli-Pollak has taken heart from the reception to his film “The Sea,” which won Israel’s top film prize so was automatically submitted for the foreign-language Oscar prize to be decided in March. READ MORE . . .

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For today, a link to a report from Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (LEBANON 11-6-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, MEDIA, WEST BANK, GAZA and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  Hezbollah reaffirms right to resist Israel, warns against U.S.-imposed ‘negotiation traps.’ From the Cradle. Hezbollah released an open letter to the Lebanese government on Thursday, reaffirming its right to armed resistance against occupation and calling on Lebanon to reach a “unified and dignified national stance” to Israel’s daily attacks and ceasefire violations. READ MORE . . .

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For today, a link to a report from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by  clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 11-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, MEDIA, LEBANON, GAZA and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  Israeli West Bank raids leave Palestinian boy and grandmother dead. From Middle East Eye. Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank resulted in the deaths of a Palestinian boy and an elderly woman in two separate assaults on Thursday. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 11-6-26 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, MEDIA, LEBANON, WEST BANK and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  Gaza officials warn thousands remain trapped under rubble, say aid flow ‘critically insufficient.’ From the Cradle. The bodies of over 10,000 Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, Gaza’s National Committee for Missing Persons warned in a statement on Thursday. READ MORE . . .

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Piles of garbage and seeping sewage pollute devastated Gaza, by Ramadan Abed and Mahmoud Issa | Reuters  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip / DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip  Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel’s devastating military campaign, spilling out along roadsides and between the tents where most of the shattered enclave’s people live. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to two reports: from Reuters and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA 10-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE, MEDIA, LEBANON, WEST BANK and GAZA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 6  U.S. to establish military presence in Damascus to monitor potential Israel-Syria security pact. From Reuters. The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter tell Reuters. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 9  Syrian Alawites protest child abduction, sectarian murders. From the Cradle. Alawites in Syria’s coastal city of Latakia held a protest march on Oct. 9, while parents refused to send their children to school in communities across western and central Syria, to protest the shocking kidnapping of a young Alawite boy in front of his school earlier this week — this as . . . READ MORE . . .

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