For today, links to a report and to two articles of commentary, all from Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli settler violence sweeps West Bank amid olive harvest, by Fayha Shalash | Middle East Eye  RAMALLAH, occupied Palestine — Army-backed Israeli settlers carried out a series of assaults on Palestinians and olive pickers across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, amid an escalating wave of settler violence. READ MORE . . .

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Why are Israeli settlers destroying the Palestinian olive harvest? by Daniel Tester  | Middle East Eye  The olive harvest has begun in the occupied West Bank — but with it have come frequent, persistent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their trees. During the first half of 2025, the UN Rights Office . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 28  Trump is only postponing Israeli annexation, by Joseph Massad | Middle East Eye  As Israel continues its genocide of the Palestinians under the new umbrella of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s “peace plan,” the Americans are mounting a diplomatic campaign that feigns opposition to the Jewish settler-colony’s latest moves to annex the West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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