First, links to two reports from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s LEBANON, WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and for GAZA 7-24-26.) — MCM

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Netanyahu will reject U.S. demands for withdrawal from Lebanon, Gaza, Syria if asked. From the Cradle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told cabinet ministers that Washington wants Israeli soldiers to pull back from positions in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and that he does not intend to comply with U.S. demands, Channel 13 reported today. READ MORE . . .

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Israel to allow foreign security force into Gaza under Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: report. From the Cradle. Israel will allow a multinational security force ​to enter Gaza, giving a veneer of international legitimacy to its occupation and colonization of the devastated strip, under the auspices of US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace.” READ MORE . . .

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First, links to reports from the Cradle and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for LEBANON 7-23-26.) — MCM

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Netanyahu will reject U.S. demands for withdrawal from Lebanon, Gaza, Syria if asked. From the Cradle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told cabinet ministers that Washington wants Israeli soldiers to pull back from positions in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and that he does not intend to comply with U.S. demands, Channel 13 reported today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 26  Some Lebanese displaced by war turn to satellites to check their homes. Reported by Jane Arraf and Jawad Rizkallah | NPR  BEIRUT — The photographic images are a bit fuzzy but still clear enough to see what is happening. Each costs at least $112. Click HERE to listen and read and for photos.

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For now, links to three reports: from Reuters, Middle East Eye, and Al Jazeera; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and down for WEST BANK 7-25-26.) — MCM

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Palestinians say settler violence and military raids are bringing them to the breaking point, by Pesha Magid | Reuters  TAL, West Bank  Palestinian villagers in the occupied West Bank said on Monday the area was coming close to breaking point after increasing incursions by Israeli settlers and violent stand-offs, such as one that left six people shot dead last week. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 26  Waves of settler attacks target mosques, homes and businesses across West Bank, by Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  RAMALLAH, occupied Palestine  Israeli settlers on Sunday launched a series of widespread attacks across the West Bank, setting on fire two mosques in Nablus and Tulkarm and damaging heavy equipment at an industrial facility near Ramallah. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 26  Why are Israeli settlers on the rampage in the occupied West Bank? From Al Jazeera. Israeli settlers, backed by the military, have been on a rampage in the occupied West Bank, torching at least two mosques and detaining dozens of Palestinians days after killing four of them. READ MORE . . .

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NOTE: All items except top three have been somehow “peopled.” How? Why?

For now, links to twelve reports, interviews and analyses: from the Cradle, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Al Mayadeen, and Middle East Monitor; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, LEBANON. WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for IRAN 7-26-26.) — MCM

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NEWER  Iran denies talks with Washington, warns U.S. of uunwinnable quagmire.’ From the Cradle. Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected Washington’s claims of ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic in a statement released today, stressing that current consultations are between Tehran and the Sultanate of Oman. READ MORE . . .

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Trump says U.S. is talking with Iran right now, by Bo Erickson | Reuters  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters today that the United States is having”good talks” with Iran “right now.” READ MORE . . .

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Drones attack Iran’s neighbors as Tehran appears to test Trump’s latest pause, by Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Eman Abouhassira | Reuters  DUBAI — Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq reported drone attacks today, two days after the United States abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes against Iran, as Tehran appeared to put President Donald Trump’s latest strategic U-turn to the test. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to an interview from National Public Radio and to a report from the Cradle; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s GAZA, LEBANON, WEST BANK and IRAN so far, and down for UKRAINE 7-26-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 26  Amid protests in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to the White House. Reported by Debbie Elliott, Daniel Ofman and Tinbete Ermyas | NPR  Elliott speaks with Ukrainian political analyst Oleksandr Kraiev about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s upcoming visit to the White House. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM JULY 26  Tehran slams Ukrainian strike on Iranian ship in Caspian Sea. From the Cradle. Tehran condemned on late Saturday the attack carried out by Ukrainian forces on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, calling it an “act of aggression” that could “further escalate” the ongoing war between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic. READ MORE . . .

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Links to two discussions and two interviews: from or via Consortium News, the Chris Hedges Report, 21st Century Wire, and National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials.  (Scroll down for today’s YEMEN, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for IRAN 7-25-26.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 25  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism.’  Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter, and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson of 21st Century Wire consider “government-assisted censorship” under Biden and Trump, Trump-introduced “full-blown McCarthyism,” the U.S. Constitution, USAID, the FBI, COINTELPRO (before and now), corruption, the U.S. military,Cuba, Venezuela, “hybrid diplomacy,” Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, today’s apparent “escalation trap,” the news media, the CIA, Britain’s MI6, Lebanon, Ukraine, Nazis, Russia, Germany, France, Britain.” Click HERE for video of discussion and Lauria’s print introduction.

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FROM JULY 19  Retaliation doctrine. Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report talks a week or so ago with Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. The two agree that the U.S. war against Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s was ill-advised and unwinnable as is the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran — yet both wars continued (for years in the case of the war in Southeast Asia) after it was apparent to Washington policymakers that they were lost. Click HERE for video of discussion via 21st Century Wire, and HERE for transcript from the Chris Hedges Report.

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Oil prices are climbing again. Here’s why this time could be different. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks with Bob McNally, founder of the research firm Rapidan Energy Group, about how the Iran war is disrupting oil supplies as oil prices have surpassed $100 a barrel. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JULY 25  The real cost of the war with Iran. Reported by Debbie Elliott, Henry Larsonand Sarah Robbins | NPR  Elliot speaks with Linda Bilmes, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of The Ghost Budget: Paying for America’s Wars, about why the war between the U.S. and Iran has become so expensive. Click HERE to listen and read.

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A link to an interview from National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for YEMEN 7-25-26.) — MCM

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Houthi rebels in Yemen attack Saudi Arabia. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR talks with April Longley Alley of the Washington Institute about the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Iran-aligned group is restricting ship traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, YEMEN and 9/11 TRUTH, and down for UKRAINE 7-25-26.) — MCM

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2 dead in Ukraine from Russian attacks, 4 more in Russian-held area hit by Ukrainian drones. From AP.  KYIV — Russian ballistic missiles struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early today, setting off fires and wounding at least three civilians, while attacks on other parts of the country later killed at least two people, local officials said. The strikes came as . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Kremlin says too early to comment on reported U.S.-Ukraine air ceasefire talks. From Reuters. Russia considers it premature to comment on reports that the United States and Ukraine are discussing a possible halt to aerial attacks as part of efforts to end the war, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 25  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism.’  Joe Lauria of Consortium News, former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter, and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson of 21st Century Wire consider “government-assisted censorship” under Biden and Trump, Trump-introduced “full-blown McCarthyism,” the U.S. Constitution, USAID, the FBI, COINTELPRO (before and now), corruption, the U.S. military, Cuba, Venezuela, “hybrid diplomacy,” Iran, Islam, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries, today’s apparent “escalation trap,” the news media, the CIA, Britain’s MI6, Lebanon, Ukraine, Nazis, Russia, Germany, France, Britain.” Click HERE for video of discussion and Lauria’s print introduction.

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Links to two reviews, both from OffGuardian (the first via 9/11 Truth Action Project).

The first link is to a review by a co-author of a 2018 book,* who reviews a “mixed” review of it by a British retired academic. The second link is to that person’s review. (Scroll up for today’s IRAN, YEMEN and UKRAINE, and down for 9/11 TRUTH 7-23-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 26, 2018   9/11 Unmasked: A remarkable review, by David Ray Griffin | OffGuardian / 911TAP  The book 9/11 Unmasked, which I wrote together with Elizabeth Woodworth, has received several excellent reviews. But the most remarkable of these was written by Philip Roddis, who in 2016 had written with vitriol (his term) about the idea that 9/11 was an “inside job.” READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 10, 2018   Seventeen years on: what really happened on 9/11? by Philip Roddis | OffGuardian  Two years ago, on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, OffGuardian ran my review of Dylan Avery’s “Loose Change.” Except it wasn’t a review but a pouring of vitriol on the film’s central assertion that the events of Sept. 11, 2001 were an inside job. READ MORE . . .

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*  9/11 Unmasked: An Independent Review Panel Investigation, by David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth (Northampton: Olive Branch Press).

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ADVISORY  The World This Week: ‘The Return of McCarthyism,’ at 8 p.m. EDT. Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, will host former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter and British-American journalist Patrick Henningson. From CN intro: “Government-assisted censorship began under Biden, but Donald Trump has unleashed the return of full-blown McCarthyism in which ‘communism’ is again the greatest menace to the U.S., and criticism on Iran and Ukraine must be stifled.” Click HERE around 8 tonight EDT to livestream, and later for video of discussion.

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For now, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s WEST  BANK, UKRAINE and YEMEN so far, and for IRAN 7-24-26.) — MCM

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