For today, links to four reports: from Middle East Eye, Reuters and the Associated Press, and to commentary from Middle East Eye; others or headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, LEBANON, WEST BANK, SYRIA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  GAZA 3-12-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Gulf states linked to Israeli businesses on UN settlements blacklist, by Simon Hooper and Dania Akkad | Middle East Eye  An investment firm headed by Jared Kushner and backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is the largest shareholder in an Israelicompany which in turn holds shares in businesses accused by the United Nations of operating in illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. READ MORE . . .

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UN experts accuse Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza. From Reuters. Israel carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a new report today. Israel’s permanent mission to the UN in Geneva described . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and Middle East Eye.

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FROM MARCH 12  Israel is continuing the genocide —but the UK media will not tell you, by Hamza Yusuf | Middle East Eye  A ceasefire does not mean that Israel has dropped its goal to annihilate Gaza. The mission remains the same, and the war crimes endure, including killings — the method just shifts. READ MORE . . .

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