Editing 2012 (section)

===November===
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[2012 United States presidential election]]: [[Barack Obama]] is reelected [[President of the United States]], defeating his Republican challenger [[Mitt Romney]].
* [[November 13]] &ndash; A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific. It is the 45th of 72 solar eclipses of [[Solar Saros 133]].
* [[November 14]]&ndash;[[November 21|21]] &ndash; [[Israel]] launches [[Operation Pillar of Defense]] against the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]]-governed [[Gaza Strip]], killing [[Hamas]] military chief [[Ahmed Jabari]]. In the following week 140 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed in an ensuing cycle of violence. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is announced by [[Egyptian Foreign Minister]] [[Mohamed Kamel Amr]] and [[US Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] after the week-long escalation in hostilities in [[Southern District (Israel)|Southern Israel]] and the Gaza Strip.<ref name="AJE">{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/20121114142116909809.html|title=Hamas military chief killed in Israeli attack|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=November 14, 2012|access-date=November 15, 2012|archive-date=November 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114163948/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/20121114142116909809.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=enews>{{cite news|title=Hamas remain defiant as Israeli strikes hit Gaza|url=http://www.euronews.com/2012/11/15/hamas-remain-defiant-as-israeli-strikes-hit-gaza/|access-date=November 15, 2012|newspaper=Euronews|date=November 15, 2012|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031193034/https://www.euronews.com/2012/11/15/hamas-remain-defiant-as-israeli-strikes-hit-gaza|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/21/greater-role-for-egypt-in-hamas-israel-ceasefire/1720099/ ''USA Today News''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215185526/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/21/greater-role-for-egypt-in-hamas-israel-ceasefire/1720099/ |date=December 15, 2021 }} Report on Conflict Treaty. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinion/a-new-israel-hamas-cease-fire.html The '' New York Times''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215185526/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/22/opinion/a-new-israel-hamas-cease-fire.html |date=December 15, 2021 }} Report on Conflict Treaty. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/world/meast/gaza-israel-strike/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 ''CNN Report''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114211418/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/21/world/meast/gaza-israel-strike/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 |date=November 14, 2020 }} Report on Conflict Treaty. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref>
* [[November 25]]&ndash;[[December 9]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Bopha]], known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of [[Mindanao]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Philippine typhoon toll continues to climb|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/201212102229486150.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=December 10, 2012|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211090549/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/12/201212102229486150.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Philippines, leftist rebels declare truces in disaster areas|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE8B903R20121210|work=Reuters|access-date=December 10, 2012|date=December 10, 2012|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304143212/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-typhoon-idUSBRE8B903R20121210|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Pablo:' 890 missing, 714 dead - NDRRMC|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/17720-pablo-toll-reaches-714|website=Rappler|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-date=December 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211062347/http://www.rappler.com/nation/17720-pablo-toll-reaches-714|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; The [[United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19|UN General Assembly approves a motion]] granting [[Palestine]] [[United Nations General Assembly observers|non-member observer state]] status.<ref name="time">{{cite news|last=Vick|first=Karl|url=https://world.time.com/2012/11/29/why-palestine-will-win-big-at-the-un/|title=Why Palestine Will Win Big at the UN|magazine=Time|date=November 22, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2012|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428154618/http://world.time.com/2012/11/29/why-palestine-will-win-big-at-the-un/|url-status=live}}</ref>