NOTE: LINKS WERE ADDED LATER THAN USUAL TODAY.
For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, National Public Radio and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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UN aid agency says at least one staffer killed in Israeli strike on Gaza aid centre. From AFP. GAZA — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its staff members was killed today in an Israeli strike on a food distribution centre in war-hit Gaza. “At least one UNRWA staff member was killed and another 22 were injured when . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 12 Signs of growing friction between U.S. President Biden and Israel’s Netanyahu. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR President Biden is warning Israel against an invasion of the Gaza town where displaced Palestinians are living in tents. Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, says the operation is still in the works. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MARCH 12 U.S., allies eye commercial maritime option for Gaza aid, by Phil Stewart, Humeyra Pamuk and Jonathan Landay | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a much larger U.S. military effort, said three people familiar with the planning and a U.S. official. If funding . . . READ MORE . . .
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A radical Mideast proposal: What if the U.S. recognized a Palestinian state now? Reported by Greg Myre | NPR There were lots of unanswered questions at the time U.S. President Harry Truman gave his immediate endorsement to Israel’s 1948 declaration of its statehood. The new nation didn’t have fixed borders. It was facing war with . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MARCH 12 Jim Sciutto on if the next world war is preventable. Reported by Elena Burnett, William Troop and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR CNN chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto talks about his new book, The Return of Great Powers, and how close we are to the precipice of a new global order. Click HERE to listen and read.