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Letters to The Editor — October 20, 2023

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The Hindu · Oct 19, 2023

'Drop in the ocean': UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now

U.N. officials and their partners are ramping up efforts to take advantage of a possible window for Israel and Egypt to allow humanitarian aid shipments into Gaza, whose people have been stripped of deliveries of fuel, food, water and medical supplies from the outside as Israeli forces strike at Hamas…

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Sunak pleads for Middle East stability as Israel wages ‘long war’ with Hamas

Rishi Sunak said he wanted Israel to win its war with the Gaza-based group but called for regional powers to avoid the conflict spilling over.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Too late for diplomacy? The scramble to revive Middle East mediation efforts

It's wishful thinking to ask about diplomacy when Israel is about to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and daily rocket exchanges with Lebanon's Hezbollah raise the prospect of a second front. But escalation is madness and the world certainly does not need this cycle of polarisation and radicalisation. Diplomacy…

France 24 · Oct 19, 2023

Joe Biden’s warning to Israel is a nod to US failures in the ‘war on terror’

The US response to 9/11 was dogged by a threat posed by an ill-defined enemy, which led to human rights abuses associated with Guantánamo

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Hundreds arrested as US Jews protest against Israel’s Gaza assault

Protesters in Washington demand ceasefire, marking rift in community as Anti-Defamation League condemns demonstration

The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2023

Israel bolsters defences against Hezbollah as tensions grow on Lebanese border

Tel Aviv says it is ‘ready to respond to any attack’ from its neighbours as the UK, the US and Germany urge citizens to leave Lebanon

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

How to watch Joe Biden’s Oval Office address

President Joe Biden will speak directly to Americans about the US’s involvement in the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia conflicts

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

The Guardian view on Israel’s allies: warm words and soft warnings

Editorial: Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak are arguing for restraint in Gaza, but they show too little urgency

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Biden suggests Hamas has ‘gotta learn how to shoot straight’ after hospital blast

President tells reporters a botched rocket launch is likely cause for deadly Gaza explosion

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023