First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for IRAN 5-11-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 11 Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed, by Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy and Seung Min Kim | AP  DUBAI — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Iran ceasefire is on “life support” after he rejected Tehran’s latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM MAY 11  Trade and Iran war are on the agenda for Trump’s state visit to China. Reported by Tamara Keith | NPR  President Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing with a trade truce and the Iran war on the agenda. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Links to reports from Middle East Eye and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for LEBANON, IRAN and ALL OF IT, and for GAZA 5-8-26.) — MCM

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Israel kills three, including police officers, in latest Gaza truce violation. Middle East Eye. The General Directorate of Police announced on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed the director of the Khan Younis police investigations department, Wissam Abdel Hadi, and Sergeant Fadi Heikal. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli soldiers admit killing Palestinians in Gaza ‘no matter the age, even if unarmed.’ From the Cradle. The Israeli army ordered its troops to kill any males they encountered in Gaza, including the unarmed and the elderly, during the genocide of Palestinians that began in 2023, according to a May 7 investigative report aired on Israel’s Channel 13. READ MORE . . .

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Links to reports from the Cradle and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for GAZA, IRAN and ALL OF IT, and down for LEBANON 5-10-26.) — MCM

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Israel seeks to ‘escalate’ Lebanon invasion despite warnings of ‘collapsing army.’ From the Cradle. The Israeli military is preparing for an expansion of its ground campaign in south Lebanon, Hebrew media reported today, coinciding with concerns over a shortage of troops within Tel Aviv’s ranks. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 10  Israelis army chief says more results needed ‘immediately.’ From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the army needs more soldiers immediately,” amid the escalating crisis surrounding the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, and the continuation of military operations on several fronts, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Links to NINE-plus reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, Reuters, the Cradle;, and Anadolu; others are accessible by clicking on theirs names or initials. (Scroll up or down for GAZA, LEBANON and ALL OF IT, and down for IRAN 5-10-26.) — MCM

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Second in this new category*, a link to a film from Jigsaw Productions via YouTube; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for GAZA, LEBANON and IRAN, and down for ALL OF IT 5-9-26.) — MCM

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FROM 2012  ‘Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream,’ directed by Alex Gibney | Jigsaw Productions / YouTube  A documentary about the wealth gap in the United States. Among other things, it compares the access to opportunities of the residents of 740 Park Ave. on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and those on Park Avenue in the South Bronx. It was inspired in part by the 2005 book 740 Park: The Story of the World’s Richest Apartment Building, by Michael Gross. Click HERE for video on YouTube.

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*  The name of this category borrows from a phrase — “the rest of the story” — Paul Harvey used years ago for the segment at the end of his ABC news show in which he would expand on a news item. Here the category will include links to things closely or somewhat related or completely unrelated to IRAN, GAZA, UKRAINE, 9/11 TRUTH, MEDIA, ENERGY, etc.

For now, links to reports from the Associated Press and the Grayzone (the latter via ScheerPost) and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s LEBANON and IRAN so far, and for UKRAINE 5-5-26.) — MCM

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Russia accuses Ukraine of violating US-brokered 3-day truce. From AP. Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire today, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others.

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FROM MAY 9  Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground, by Kit Klarenberg | The Grayzone / ScheerPost  A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents show how for decades NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 9  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Playing with fire.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News spoke on Saturday night with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter about various aspects of both the Iran and Ukraine wars. Click HERE for replay.

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First, a link to a report from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s UKRAINE and IRAN so far.  Scroll down for LEBANON 5-8-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 9  Israeli strike levels building sheltering displaced families in south Lebanon. From the Cradle. An Israeli airstrike on Saturday leveled a building sheltering a number of forcibly displaced families in Saksakiyeh, Lebanon, with dozens of civilians believed to be dead under the rubble — part of a massive wave of drone, warplane, and artillery attacks that killed at least a dozen people. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to EIGHT reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, the Jasim al-Mazzawi Show, and Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s UKRAINE and LEBANON so far.  Scroll down for IRAN 5-9-26.) — MCM

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Iran responds to ceasefire proposal as drones target Gulf nations, by Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI —Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran’s state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish; and HERE for others. Click HERE for earlier report from Reuters.

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First, a link to an essay from Behind the Curtain; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT and IRAN for now, and MEDIA 5-8-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 1   Everything we don’t need to know, and a few we do, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain  Censorship today is primarily accomplished by flooding people with pointless information. So it behooves us to know how to avoid this inconsequential data. The first step is to ignore social media as much as possible and never to ask AI any questions. READ MORE . . .

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First in this new category*, a link to an essay from an essay from the Chris Hedges Report via ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s MEDIA and IRAN so far.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 8  America’s suicide pact, by Chris Hedges / The Chris Hedges Report / ScheerPost  Civilizations, as the historian Arnold J. Toynbee famously argued, “die from suicide, not by murder.” They collapse from within. They fall prey to moral, social and spiritual decay. READ MORE . . .

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* In my mind, “All of it” borrows from the 20th century radio news show host Paul Harvey’s phrase “the rest of the story,” in which he expanded on an item he may have just included in his newscast. This new category will include news reports and commentary closely or somewhat related or completely unrelated to IRAN, GAZA, UKRAINE, 9/11 TRUTH, MEDIA, ENERGY, etc. posts.