For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Consortium News and Scheer Post; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Israel pounds Gaza, regional tensions high as Hamas studies ceasefire proposal, by Mohammed Salem and Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters GAZA / DOHA —Israeli forces pounded areas in northern and southern Gaza today after Hamas said it had received and was studying a new proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages held in the Palestinian enclave. The . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli forces dressed as civilian women and medics kill 3 militants in a West Bank hospital, by Aref Tufaha, Melanie Lidman and Wafaa Shurafa | AP JENIN, West Bank — Israeli forces disguised as civilian women and medics stormed a hospital Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, killing three Palestinian militants in a dramatic raid that . . . READ MORE . . .
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How close is Qatar to negotiating an end to the fighting between Hamas and Israel? Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani about brokering a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, and an exchange of hostages and prisoners. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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A Palestinian journalist shares her vision for a post-war Gaza. Leila Fadel of NPR speaks with Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad about reporting on the war in Gaza, and her hopes for the future. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hamas’s official account, etc. – Part 1, by As`ad AbuKhalil | Consortium News Last week, the Information Office of Hamas issued a special document titled “This is our account: Why the Aqsa Deluge.” In it, the movement explains in detail its motives and goals for the operation. The document is not likely to get Western . . . READ MORE . . .
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The Palestinians won in the Hague: So did the rest of us, by Patrick Lawrence | Scheer Post / Popular Resistance Half a dozen years ago I sat in the lobby lounge at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan talking at length with Richard Falk, the scholar, lawyer, U.N. rapporteur, and advocate of Palestinian rights. Falk has long been a recognized authority on . . . READ MORE . . .