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Contents of N°59 - 3 November 2023

EDITORIAL
• The UN debate on the situation in Gaza

AMERICAS

• Opposition to Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin in the Senate
• Starlink Supports Palestinian Civilians
• Mike Johnson in favor of US aid to Israel and Ukraine
• Tucker Carlson condemns persecution of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
• Annual Meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition
• House of Representatives Produces Evidence of Joe Biden’s Corruption
• Kurt Campbell replaces Wendy Sherman
• U.S. intelligence cost $100 billion this year

EUROPE

• Pope Francis proposes to open the diaconate to women
• UK fears Muslim revolt
• British Labour Party supports Israeli army crimes
• Two Danish personalities will be tried behind closed doors
• Czech Defense Minister calls for withdrawal from UN
• Slovakia reconsiders its defense agreement with the US
• Josep Borrell appalled by Jabalya massacre
• EU reform project approved in committee by Parliament
• NATO refuses Ukraine’s membership
• Volodymyr Zelensky in denial of defeat
• Ukraine’s “peace formula”
• Ukraine shoots its pacifist soldiers
• Everything is falling apart between Israel and Russia
• Hamas representatives in Moscow
• Sergey Lavrov warns of consequences of genocide against Gazans
• Attempted anti-Semitic pogrom in Dagestan
• Vladimir Putin denounces Washington’s hand in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria

AFRICA

• ICC prosecutor visited Rafah
• U.S. maintains troops in Niger despite junta evacuation order
• RSF takes control of Nyala
• Nearly 7 million displaced in Congo
• South Africa publishes Pfizer contracts

ASIA

• Israeli Ministry of Intelligence Memo Recommending Expulsion of Gazans
• Hostage fate divides Israel
• General Herzl Halevi confirms IDF ground operation
• For Giora Eiland, Gaza must be made uninhabitable
• According to the Shin Bet, Hamas uses hospital basements
• Palestinian prisoners in Israel
• Controversy over Benjamin Netanyahu’s prior knowledge of the attack
• Yigal Carmon had warned Benjamin Netanyahu in detail before the October 7 attack
• Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet urges journalists to self-censor
• Suspension de Tzipi Navon
• Israeli Central Purchasing Agencies Stop Trading with Türkiye
• Knesset Recognizes Equal Rights of Gay Soldiers’ Spouses
• Israeli arrested for calling for killing Palestinians
• Hamas’ arsenal
• Famine in Gaza
• Mahmoud Abbas calls for Arab League meeting
• Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades statement
• Israel allegedly used white phosphorus against civilians in Lebanon
• Nagib Mikati’s peace plan
• The Jamaa Islamiyah invites itself to the Lebanese Chessboard
• Lebanon and the press
• Russia condemns the upsurge in Israeli attacks on Syria
• Saudi Arabia’s Position
• UAE’s Position
• Kuwait’s Position
• Former Indian Officers Convicted of Espionage in Qatar
• Qatar’s position
• Oman’s position
• U.S. Calls on Nationals Not to Take Risks in Türkiye
• Türkiye’s Position
• Contact between Iran and Hamas
• U.S. anti-Iran lobby accuses Tehran of funding Hamas
• DPRK and Russia have reportedly begun arms and ammunition exchanges
• Beijing prepares for war in case of attempted separation from Taiwan
• Imperial Succession in Japan

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Volker Tork warns of humanitarian situation of Gazans
• Phillipe Lazzarini addresses surviving UN officials in Gaza
• 400 children killed or injured every day in Gaza, according to UNICEF
• UNSC will not sanction massive arms transfers to Ukraine
• Review of the International Court of Justice
• General Assembly condemns blockade of Cuba
• World Bank warns of possible global oil crisis
• NATO calls on Israel to respect International Humanitarian Law