For today, links to two reports from National Public Radio and to articles of commentary from the New York Times, ScheerPost, and the Greanville Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and ASSANGE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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A survivor of the UNICEF aid convoy struck by gunfire in Gaza speaks out.  Scott Simon of NPR talks with UNICEF’s Tess Ingram about surviving the gunfire that struck an aid convoy in Gaza and the effort to deliver food and water to the warzone. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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USAID says parts of Gaza are experiencing famine. Scott Simon of NPR speaks with Jamie McGoldrick, the former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, about what he’s seen unfold in Gaza since Oct. 7. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read

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FROM APRIL 9  Netanyahu must go, by Bret Stephens | The New York Times  It’s no secret to readers of this column where I stand on Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. Israel must destroy Hamas as a military and political force in the territory while minimizing harm to civilians. It must . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 9  ‘Automated Murder’: Israel’s ‘AI’ in Gaza, by Patrick Lawrence and Cara Marianna | ScheerPost  Hans Köchler, an eminent Viennese scholar and president of the International Progress Organization, a globally active think tank, addressed an audience in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 4. The day before he spoke, +972 Magazine and Local Call, independent publications in Israel–Palestine, reported . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 11  Brutal, chaotic war – norms, conventions and laws of conduct are being erased, by Alastair Crooke | The Greanville Post  We stand on the cusp of what might be termed Chaotic War. Not the formula used by Israel often in the past to intimidate adversaries; this is different. Israeli . . . READ MORE . . .