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First, links to four reports and an analysis: from Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, IRAN and UKRAINE so far, and for WEST BANK 8-14-26.) — MCM
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Israeli settlers paralyse Palestinian nurse in West Bank shooting, by Israeli settlers shot and partially paralysed a Palestinian nurse, Muhammad Mutoor, 26, in a town near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. He suffered gunshot wounds that severed his spinal cord during a settler attack on Sa’ir, a town northeast of Hebron. READ MORE . . .
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Israel formally allows Jewish prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in violation of status quo, by authorities have formally allowed Jewish prayer for the first time inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, in the latest violation of the site’s decades-old status quo. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 16 Palestinian families in West Bank’s Qusra besieged by soldiers, settlers for eighth day straight. From the Cradle. Palestinian families in the town of Qusra in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus have remained trapped in their homes for the eighth consecutive day, with UN and Palestinian officials visiting the besieged locals on Sunday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 16 Pope renews call to end violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank. From Middle East Monitor. Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and urged the international community to advance efforts toward a two-state solution, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 15 There’s a reason why Israel has done little to rein in settler violence. It’s not just Netanyahu, by Joseph Krauss | AP The settlers are the tip of the spear for a much larger movement, supported by successive Israeli governments and supercharged under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that is aimed at cementing Israeli rule over the territory and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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TO BE CONTINUED