For now, links to FOUR reports: from Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and National Public Radio; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for WEST BANK 5-3-26, and up or down for today’s SYRIA, ENERGY, GAZA and IRAN so far.) — MCM

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Israel approves $270M budget for settlement roads in occupied West Bank: report. From Middle East Monitor. Israel’s government approved a budget of about $270 million to build roads connecting illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, Haaretz newspaper reported today. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 3  Entrepreneurs fight pile-up of garbage in the West Bank. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley | NPR  Israeli restrictions on movement in the West Bank are impeding garbage trucks from reaching landfills, leaving Palestinians living amid mounds of trash. Two Palestinian entrepreneurs are trying to change this. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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TO BE CONTINUED