For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 8-11-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israel announces West Bank settlement that rights groups say could imperil Palestinian state, by Ohad Zwigenberg and Melanie Lidman | AP  MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank — Israel’s far-right finance minister announced approval of contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank today, which Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Middle East Eye and the Cradle.

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Arab countries condemn Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ comment. From Middle East Eye. Iraq has joined a growing list of Arab countries condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments voicing support for a “Greater Israel.” READ MORE . . .

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