Links to a report from the Cradle and three analyses via Middle East Eye; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for GAZA 5-22-26, and up or down for LEBANON, ENERGY and IRAN.) — MCM

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Israel approves multi-billion dollar Lockheed, Boeing fighter squadrons to ‘boost air superiority.’ From the Cradle. Israel has approved a plan to purchase two new squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA warplanes from ‌U.S. weapons makers Lockheed Martin and Boeing, in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, the war ministry announced today. READ MORE . . .

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Gaza cannot be rebuilt until Palestinians control their own political future, by Alaa Tartir | Middle East Eye  After Israel and its international backers have destroyed the Gaza Strip over the past 30 months, their primary focus has shifted to shaping the intricate features of the next phase —aiming to ensure ultimate dominance and control by imposing macrostructures and conditions. READ MORE . . .

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Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one, by Belen Fernandez | Middle East Eye  On April 23, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that “dozens of children go missing each week” in the Gaza Strip “against the backdrop of the postwar chaos” — a curious euphemism, no doubt, for the ongoing U.S.-backed genocide in the Palestinian territory. READ MORE. . . .

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FROM MAY 2  Months into the U.S.-Israel ‘ceasefire’, Gaza remains a scene of chaos and terror, by Ghada Ageel | Middle East Eye  Al-Nafaq Street bisects the neighbourhoods of al-Tuffah (Apple) and al-Zeitoun (Olive) in the heart of Gaza City. On April 14 a bomb attack killed five — including three-year-old Yahya al-Malahi, who was leaving a relative’s home with his father, dressed in new clothes for a wedding they were about to attend. READ MORE . . .

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