First, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE so far, and for WEST BANK 10-9-26.) — MCM
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Gaza, 10-12-26
Links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s YEMEN and IRAN, and down for GAZA 10-9-26.) — MCM
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Israel expands occupation, strikes in Gaza on first anniversary of U.S. ‘ceasefire.’ From the Cradle. Israeli occupation forces expanded their presence in Gaza and escalated their bombing of the besieged strip on Sunday, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called ceasefire, which has seen Tel Aviv continue genocide and kill nearly 1,500 Palestinians. READ MORE.
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Israeli soldiers say ordered to drop heavy bombs on inhabited Gaza buildings without evacuation: report. From Middle East Monitor. Four Israeli military intelligence soldiers acknowledged they received instructions to use “heavy bombs” against inhabited buildings in the Gaza Strip without evacuating residents first, in strikes that killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians, according to a media report today. READ MORE.
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All of it, 10-11-26
Links to a discussion from Consortium News, a program from 21st Century Wire, and a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-7-26.) — MCM
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The World This Week – ‘Russia to the rescue?’ Joe Lauria of CN hosts former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and Patrick Hennigsen of 21st Century Wire for two-hours of talk on topics including * Columbus Day 1983, * President Trump’s state of mind, * the Europeans, * a geopolitical “isosceles triangle, * the 2014 Maidan coup, * Minsk accords 1 and 2 in 2014 and 2015, * nuclear threats and the paradox of international law, * Presidents Trump and Netanyahu at the UN, * the Israel lobby in the United States, * “our mainstream press,” * Netanyahu in extremis, * the Epstein files, * the Ivania Trump / Jared Kushner marriage, * the U.S. weapons inventory, * Nobel Peace Prize to jurist Navi Pillay of South Africa, * public executions in the U.S., * “Where the hell is the Church?” * Tulsi Gabbard, * Joe Kent, * U.S. consulting firms and the French government, * Spain and Pedro Sanchez, and * Russia and “the long game.” Click HERE for subtitled video, print intro and comments.
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Sunday Wire Episode 616 — Zelensky’s diesel downfall + Hegseth’s ‘holy war’ firing squad. From 21st Century Wire. Patrick Henningsen reviews and comments on some of the events of last week in a 90-minute monologue, followed by other material. Click HERE for three-hour video.
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FROM OCT. 8 Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, by Konstantin Toropin, Eric Trucker and Claudia Lauer | AP WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” Click HERE for report including photos.
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Gaza, 10-7-26
Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 10-6-26.) — MCM
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Gaza, 10-6-26
First, belatedly, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and down for GAZA 10-5-26.) — MCM
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Much of the world sees tragedy in Gaza. Many in Israel, scarred by Oct. 7, see only a threat, by Cara Anna | AP SDEROT, Israel — On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 others, leading to a devastating war and, eventually, a fragile ceasefire. Three years on, . . . Click HERE for whole report including video and photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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All of it, 10-4-26
For now, a link to a discussion from Consortium News and links to beginnings of two reports from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-3-26.) — MCM
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The World This Week — ‘Edge of the abyss,’ at 9 a.m. Joe Lauria of CN and former CIA analyst Joe McGovern on * Putin’s warning against an attack on Kaliningrad * Trump’s Time interview * the curious FlyDubai incident * government “false flag” operations * U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt steams toward Gulf * advance UAE warning of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack * Israel’s Oct. 27 presidential election * high school students revolt in France * Kentucky death penalty and botched execution. Click HERE for video.
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FROM OCT. 3 Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing? From AP. JERUSALEM — As of Saturday, three days after the uniformed crew members rushed to the cockpit to steady the Israel-bound plane carrying 182 people after a sickening plummet, they still haven’t been publicly identified. FlyDubai has called them only on-duty crew members traveling on the plane. It’s not clear . . . REGIASTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT. Click HERE for same offer to read same AP report and others in Spanish for free.
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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France’s government, by John Leicester | AP PARIS — A key question is whether violence on the margins of the demonstrations will worsen, blurring the lines between protest and rioting, and whether Macron’s government will ratchet up the already muscular response by police. REGISTER FOR FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO READ WHOLE REPORT.
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Lebanon, 9-28-26
Links to two reports from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE, GAZA, WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and for LEBANON 9-11-26.) — MCM
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FROM SEPT. 27 Israeli strikes pound south Lebanon after Hezbollah drone targets occupation forces. From the Cradle. Israeli shelling, bombing, and detonation operations surged across south Lebanon on Sunday, hours after Hezbollah launched an explosive drone at occupation forces operating in Tel Aviv’s so-called “security zone.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 27 Israeli finance minister calls for genocidal war on West Bank, annexation of south Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Finance Minister and settler leader Bezalel Smotrich has called on Israel to “go to war” in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and “do there what we did in Gaza,” Israeli media reported on Sunday. READ MORE . . .
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Gaza, 9-28-26
Links to two commentaries via Informed Comment and to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT; click HERE for GAZA 9-9-26 or scroll down.) — MCM
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Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt Oct. 7 (since it knew about it in advance)? by Dan Steinbock | Special to Informed Comment SINGAPORE — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiery speech to the UN General Assembly was an effort to shift attention away from a political storm brewing in Israel that won’t go away. It failed. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 27 Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 7 others in new Gaza truce violations. From Middle East Monitor. Two Palestinians were killed and seven others injured Sunday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid Tel Aviv’s daily violations of a ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025, medical sources said, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 26 The rule of the sophists, the reign of untruth, by Hugh J. Curran | University of Maine / Special to Informed Comment ORONO, Maine – In classical Greek “opinion” is referred to as “doxa” with a clear distinction between “doxa” and “truth” (alethia). We have a President in the U.S. who gives daily information by way of a news program called “Truth Social.” “Truth”, to him, seems . . . READ MORE . . .
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West Bank, 9-28-26
Links to two reports: from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE, LEBANON, IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and down for WEST BANK 9-9-26.) — MCM
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FROM SEPT. 27 Israeli finance minister calls for genocidal war on West Bank, annexation of south Lebanon. From the Cradle. Israeli Finance Minister and settler leader Bezalel Smotrich has called on Israel to “go to war” in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and “do there what we did in Gaza,” Israeli media reported on Sunday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Gaza, 9-9-26
A link to a report from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for this date’s 9/11 TRUTH, GAZA, WEST BANK and MEDIA, and down for GAZA 8-28-26.) — MCM
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FROM SEPT. 8 Netanyahu warned by UAE president before Oct. 7 events, failed to brief security chiefs: Haaretz. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an “explicit warning” from the United Arab Emirates about Hamas plans to carry out a major attack before the events of Oct. 7, 2023, but failed to brief Israel’s security chiefs, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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