For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli tanks push back in northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah, say residents, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  Israeli tanks pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip today which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge in the south of the . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians, UN human rights office says. From AP. Israeli security forces “must immediately end their active participation in and support for settler attacks on Palestinians,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said today. The statement follows a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank triggered by . . . READ MORE . . .

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UN commission accuses Israel of obstructing Oct. 7 probe. From Reuters.  GENEVA — A UN-mandated commission of inquiry that probes violations of international human rights law today accused Israel of obstructing its efforts to collect evidence from the victims of the attack by Hamas in southern Israel on Oct. 7. “So far as the government of Israel . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 15  Revolt in northern England: No ceasefire, no vote, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News  BLACKBURN, England  A rebellion is brewing in England, particularly in the north, where voters are fed up with the similar, repressive policies of both the Labour and Conservative parties, in particular when it comes to Gaza. A surge of independent candidates for local council elections . . . Click HERE for text and videos.