For today, links to a report from Middle East Eye and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (LEBANON, SYRIA, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  WEST BANK 2-19-25 entry including a map is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers escalate attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, by Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  RAMALLAH — Israeli settlers have carried out several of assaults against Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank over the past week, in a major escalation of settler violence in Palestinian villages. READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 18  The PA’s delusions are dangerous for Palestinians, by Ramona Wadi | Middle East Monitor  Last month, the Palestinian Authority did its utmost to suppress news of its crackdown on the Palestinian resistance in Jenin. Now that 26,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by Israel from Jenin . . . READ MORE . . .

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