For now, links to seven reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and the Cradle; and to three pieces of commentary: from ScheerPost via Consortium News, and from MintPress News via ScheerPost. Other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 5-21-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE entry for today, so far, is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Palestinian minister reports 29 starvation-related deaths among Gazan children, elderly. From Reuters. GENEVA — The Palestinian health minister, Majed Abu Ramadan, said today that 29 children and elderly people had died from starvation-related causes in Gaza in recent days and that many thousands more were at risk. READ MORE . . .
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Netanyahu says Israeli military will take full control of Gaza. Reported by Hadeel Al-Shalchi and Michel Martin | NPR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military will take full control of the Gaza territory. The announcement came as a the new military offensive draws international rebukes. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry, by Tia Goldenberg | AP TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Killing babies “as a hobby.” “Expelling a population.” “Fighting against civilians.” It is some of the harshest language . . . READ MORE . . .
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France rejects Israeli comments accusing European officials of antisemitic incitement. From Reuters. France rejects Israeli comments accusing some European officials of antisemitic incitement, foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said today, calling the comments “unjustified and outrageous.” READ MORE . . .
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Some bread and baby food reach Gazans as blockade eases, Palestinians call for more, by Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters CAIRO — Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza’s most vulnerable people today after Israel let some trucks through, but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade, Palestinian officials said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle including UN video.
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FROM MAY 21 Israeli attacks shut down hospitals in north Gaza, leaving the wounded without care. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba | NPR Israeli airstrikes are pounding northern Gaza but people have no access to hospitals as they’ve been hit and shut down as part of a military offensive aimed at pushing the entire population south. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MAY 21 U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is ‘outraged’ at European leaders for condemning Israel. Reported by Daniel Estrin, Carrie Kahn and James Hider | NPR TEL AVIV — “ The prolonged suffering for everybody is on Hamas,” Ambassador Mike Huckabee said Wednesday, “and I’m outraged that the U.K., Canada, France, they’re blaming the wrong perpetrator.” Click HERE to listen and HERE to read.
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FROM MAY 18 The new dark age, by Chris Hedges | ScheerPost / Consortium News CAIRO — Parked in the arid sands in the northern Sinai of Egypt are 2,000 trucks filled with sacks of flour, water tanks, canned food, medical supplies, tarps and fuel. The trucks idle under the scorching sun with temperatures climbing into the high 90s. A few miles away in Gaza . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 17 Waves upon the sea of silence, by Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost / Consortium News There is a great, often untraversed distance between words and action, what is said and what is done, in our post-democracies. Turns in sentiment, however, nearly always precede turns in policy and conduct. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 20 Trump’s break with Israel: Genuine shift or political theater? by Kit Klarenberg | MintPress News / ScheerPost Successive U.S. administrations have considered normalization of relations between all Arab and Muslim states — particularly Saudi Arabia — and Israel a paramount objective to the extent of making continued U.S. defense guarantees to Riyadh contingent upon its recognition of Tel Aviv. READ MORE . . .
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MAY BE CONTINUED