Links to two reports and to an article of commentary — from Middle East Monitor and Anadolu Ajansi; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Scroll down for WEST BANK 12-13-25 and for GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers burn olive trees near Ramallah. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli settlers raided Burqa village, east of Ramallah, on Monday evening and set fire to several olive trees. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli premier storms Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate Jewish Hanukkah holiday, by Betul Yilmaz | Anadolu  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem today to celebrate the Jewish Hanukkah holiday. READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu: I am the law, and Israel is Über alles. When leaders treat accountability as optional, by Jasim Al-Azzawi | Middle East Monitor  When a leader insists on operating as though the rules did not apply to him, it isn’t simply an affront to a set of abstractions. READ MORE . . . 

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