For today, links to six reports: from Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and Middle East Eye, and to commentary from Jonathan-Cook.net via Middle East Eye, and from X via Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a NATURE entry are HERE and HERE. GAZA 2-14-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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UN’s Arab Group: ‘We want a free Palestinian Riviera.’ From X via Middle East Monitor. In a statement today, Arab ambassadors rejected any attempt to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, calling it a blatant violation of international law. “We want to see . . . Click HERE for video.
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Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange as ceasefire’s first phase has just 2 weeks left, by Mohammad Jahjouh, Melanie Lidman and Jamal Bwaitel | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners today with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Middle East Eye.
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FROM FEB. 14 Arab proposal for Gaza in works, but Jordan can’t take more Palestinians: minister. From Reuters. Arab countries are putting together a plan that would rebuild Gaza without displacing its people, guarantee security and governance, Jordan’s foreign minister said on Friday, adding that his country could not take more Palestinians. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 13 Egyptian firm charges commercial trucks entering Gaza $20,000 in ‘bribes,’ by Ahmed Abdeen | Middle East Eye Ibrahim al-Organi, a Sinai businessman, politician and Egyptian tribal leader allied with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, continues to exercise de facto control over the entry of commercial and aid trucks into Gaza . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 14 Trump didn’t invent the Gaza ethnic cleansing plan. It’s been U.S. policy since 2007, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-Cook.net / Middle East Eye Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention from day one of his “revenge” attack on Gaza, launched 16 months ago, was either ethnic cleansing or genocide in Gaza. His ally in genocide for the next 15 months was then U.S. President Joe Biden. His current U.S. ethnic cleansing ally . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch,’ by Tilda Swinton | X / Middle East Monitor The British actor at the Berlin Film Festival condemns “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder,” and the complacency of “greed-addicted governments” — while acceptig the Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. Click HERE for intro and video.