For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Common Dreams via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE, MEDIA and ASSANGE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM MARCH 28  Israel must open more land crossings for Gaza aid, UN court says. From AP. In a legally binding order, the top United Nations court says Israel must open more land crossings into Gaza for food, water, fuel and other supplies. The International Court of Justice . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 28  Israel has not received everything it has asked for, top U.S. general says. From Reuters. The United States’ top general said on Thursday that Israel had not received every weapon it has asked for, in part because some of it could affect the U.S. military’s readiness and there were capacity limitations. Washington gives $3.8 billion in annual . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 28  Freed Israeli Hostage recounts time in captivity. Reported by Daniel Estrin | NPR  Former Israeli hostage Luis Har speaks to NPR about how he endured 129 days of captivity in Gaza. He was freed in February by an Israeli special forces raid. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM MARCH 25  Not a single Palestinian is free, by Manal A. Jamal | Common Dreams | Consortium News  From Israel, to the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), to the Gaza Strip, Israel has put in place a complex system of laws, policies, and regulations that fundamentally curtail the rights and freedoms of nearly every Palestinian and Arab (approximately 7.4 million people) in this . . . READ MORE . . .