For today, links to two reports: from the Anadolu Agency and the Cradle; to commentary from Middle East Eye; to an address at the European Parliament in Brussels; and to a map from Alamy. Other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK 2-28-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

–   –   –

FROM MARCH 1  Israeli bulldozers demolish homes in Nour Shams refugee camp on 1st day of Ramadan, by Aysar Alais and Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Agency  ISTANBUL — Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, demolishing homes and tearing up roads in the al-Manshiya neighborhood. READ MORE . . .

–   –   –

FROM FEB. 28  Knesset prepares ‘Greater Jerusalem’ mass settlement expansion plan. From the Cradle. An Israeli ministerial committee is expected to approve a bill over the weekend that would legalize the annexation of illegal settlements around occupied East Jerusalem in an effort to establish a “Greater Jerusalem,” Haaretz reported Friday. READ MORE . . .

–   –   –

Israelis no longer blush at calls for Palestinian extermination, by Meron Rapoport | Middle East Eye  There are no more threats of a second Nakba. There is not just a “Generals’ Plan” of siege and starvation. Rather, there is a blueprint for annihilation: for a final solution to the problem of Gaza and to the problem of the Palestinians in general. READ MORE . . .

–   –   –

FROM FEB. 19  The geopolitics of peace, by Jeffrey Sachs | Columbia University / ScheerPost / Consortium News  On the Middle East the U.S. completely handed over foreign policy to Netanyahu 30 years ago. The Israel lobby dominates American politics. Please, have no doubt about it. I could explain for hours how it works. Click HERE for video and a transcript.

–   –   –

.