For now, links to reports from Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press, and to commentary from ScheerPost; others 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 says Mossad, CIA chiefs met on March 8 to ‘advance’ hostage release deal. From AFP.  JERUSALEM — Israel said Saturday its spy chief had met with his U.S. counterpart as part of efforts to secure the release of hostages still held in Gaza. The statement came as mediators . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israeli strike on house kills five: state media. From AFP.  At least five people were killed on Saturday, four from the same family, and nine wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in southern Lebanon, the country’s official National News Agency reported. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, a Hamas ally, and Israel have . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 9  Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows, by Menelaos Hadjicostis | AP  NICOSIA, Cyprus — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians, Sweden, said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  The West’s reckoning? by Michael Brenner | ScheerPost  Western leaders are experiencing two stunning events: defeat in Ukraine, genocide in Palestine. The first is humiliating, the other shameful. Yet,. . . READ MORE . . .

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