For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Scheer Post in the form of a talk; others are accessible by clicking on names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Egypt threatens to suspend key peace treaty if Israel pushes into Gaza border town, officials say, by Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy | AP  RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Egypt is threatening to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if Israeli troops are sent into the densely populated Gaza border town of Rafah, and says fighting there could force the closure of the territory’s main aid supply route, two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat said today. The threat to suspend the Camp David Accords, a . . . READ MORE . . .

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Hamas had command tunnel under U.N. Gaza HQ, Israeli military says, by Dylan Martinez | Reuters  GAZA — Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of metres long and running partly under the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees’ Gaza headquarters, the military says. The Palestinians have accused Israel of falsifying . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israeli military claims an underground tunnel links Hamas with the UNRWA. Reported by Debbie Elliott and Greg Myre | NPR  Israel’s military showed journalists what it claims is a Hamas tunnel beneath the Gaza headquarters of the UN agency that assists Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM JAN. 18  The death of Israel. A talk given by Chris Hedges. Posted on Jan. 24 by Scheer Post, this is an hour-long talk journalist Hedges gave at the Islamic Society of Central New Jersey, preceded by a six-minute introduction and followed by about 15 minutes of Q&A. Click HERE to watch and listen.

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FROM FEB. 9  The death of Israel: How a settler colonial state destroyed itself, by Chris Hedges. This is a transcription of Hedges’ Jan. 18 talk followed by the same video of it linked in the item just above, both courtesy of Roger Mills, who posted it on Substack. Click HERE for text and video.