For now, links to FOUR reports: from the Cradle, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, WEST BANK, UKRAINE, IRAN and MEDIA so far, and down for WEST BANK 6-7-26.) — MCM
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Christian village in occupied West Bank goes up in flames after large-scale attack by Israeli settlers. From the Cradle. On Tuesday, extremist Israeli settler groups launched a coordinated arson attack on the historic Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank, torching agricultural fields east of Ramallah as part of a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. READ MORE . . .
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Israel ’emptying’ Al-Aqsa facilities to undermine Waqf, watchdog warns. From Middle East Eye. The facilities within the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex served as offices for the Islamic Wacf. The AlQuds International Institution said on Tuesday Israeli authorities have used “manufactured security pretexts” to target them. READ MORE . . .
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Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinian Bedouins: report. From Middle East Eye. A campaign of ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Bedouins in the occupied West Bank is being driven not by rogue extremists, but by the Israeli state, according to a major report by Amnesty International published today. READ MORE . . .
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6 nations impose sanctions on networks financing, enabling occupiers’ attacks in West Bank. From Middle East Monitor. The UK, Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Norway on Tuesday announced sanctions targeting networks “financing and enabling settler attacks” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu Agency reports. READ MORE . . .
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Settlers, sanctions and impunity, by Ramona Wadi | Middle East Monitor A recently published report details the overt nature of Israeli settler violence – the claiming of responsibility for settler attacks on Palestinians as part of the process to ‘Greater Israel,’ the unequivocal assertion that attacks are unprovoked, and the indoctrination of settler children by family members and settler organisations. READ MORE . . .
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