A link to commentary from Common Dreams, and links to TWO reports: from Middle East Eye and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Scroll down for LEBANON 2-13-26, and up or down for GAZA, IRAN, WEST BANK and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Happy Presidents Day to the squalid Epstein class, by Robert Reich | Common Dreams  These people are an interconnected world of hugely rich, prominent, entitled, smug, powerful, self-important (mostly) men. Trump is honorary chairman. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli strike in eastern Lebanon kills four near Syrian border. From Middle East Eye. An Israeli drone strike in eastern Lebanon killed four people on Sunday evening after targeting a vehicle near the Syrian border, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel continues expanding its cross-border attacks on the country. READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 15  Israeli violations in Lebanon persist as US-backed internal pressure against Hezbollah grows. From the Cradle. The Israeli army continued its blatant violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon on Sunday, hours after a late-night wave of violent attacks on the country’s south. READ MORE . . .

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