Links to two reports from the Cradle and to a commentary via Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names as highlighted. (Scroll down for GAZA 4-18-26.  Scroll up for IRAN and LEBANON.)

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FROM APRIL 20  Hamas dismisses U.S.-backed disarmament plan as ‘collective suicide. From the Cradle. Hamas has rejected a US-backed proposal to disarm, describing it as a “trap” that risks igniting internal war in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials who spoke with Middle East Eye. READ MORE . . .

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Human development in Gaza set back by nearly a century as recovery costs soar past $70b: UN. From the Cradle. Human development has been set back by over seven decades as a result of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, a UN report highlighted on 20 April, placing the cost of recovery and reconstruction at more than $70 billion over the next 10 years. READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu, Trump: On Gaza and the Iran war, the parallels with World War Two are clear, by Joe Gill | Middle East Eye  It has long been considered offensive and antisemitic to draw comparisons between Nazi Germany and Israel, but on the specific question of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its wars of expansion, including the war on Iran, the dam has broken. READ MORE . . .

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