For today, links to 10 reports: from Anadolu Ajansi, Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and the Cradle; a June 2024 interview from NPR; and June 2024 commentary from Honest Reporting; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE entry for today is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Gaza hunger deepens as 6,000 aid trucks await entry: UN agency for Palestinian refugees, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Ajansi ANKARA — “At UNRWA, we have the equivalent of 6,000 trucks in Jordan & Egypt waiting for the green light to get into Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said today. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli officers admit spoiling aid from 1,000 trucks at southern Gaza’s Kerem Shalom crossing. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli officers have admitted Friday to spoiling food, water and medical supplies that were packed in more than 1,000 aid trucks at the Kerem Shalom crossing that were left to rot after their distribution into the Gaza Strip was blocked, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 25 Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting to enter Gaza. Why can’t the UN bring them in? by Sam Mednick | AP TEL AVIV | Here’s a look at why the aid can’t be delivered. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 25 What’s needed to help historic starvation levels in Gaza is ‘tragically simple,’ aid group says. Reported by Michelle Aslam, Justine Kenin and Ailsa Chang | NPR Starvation is plaguing Gaza. We hear about why getting food to the half million people who need it is so difficult. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Gaza faces imminent mass death of 100,000 children amid baby formula shortage, by Ikram Kouachi | Anadolu Ajansi ANKARA — More than 100,000 children in the Gaza Strip, including 40,000 infants aged under 1, are facing imminent death due to the complete lack of baby formula and nutritional supplements, the Government Media Office in Gaza warned today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 25 Hamas condemns Israeli-approved Gaza ‘aid airdrops’ as stunt amid soaring starvation. From the Cradle. A senior Hamas official condemned Israel’s decision on Friday to allow foreign countries to resume airdrops of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, calling the move a “stunt” that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 25 Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump appear to abandon Gaza ceasefire talks, by Maayan Lubell | Reuters Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. president Donald Trump appeared Friday to abandon Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, both saying . . . READ MORE . . .
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WSJ promotes Israeli-backed warlord linked to aid theft as Gaza’s ‘future leader.’ From the Cradle. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published a commentary by Yasser Abu Shabab, a Palestinian collaborator with Israel to promote himself as the next leader of Gaza, make false claims about Hamas and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Indonesia urges other nations to follow France on Palestine, by Alperen Aktas | Anadolu Ajansi ISTANBUL — Indonesia today welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize the state of Palestine and urged other nations to do the same, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for July 25 report from NPR.
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FROM JUNE 13, 2024 Why hasn’t there been a Palestinian state? Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR Why is there no Palestinian state, despite so many states recognizing it? Click HERE to listen and HERE to read.
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FROM JUNE 16, 2024 NPR bends over backwards to conceal the real reason there isn’t a Palestinian state, by Rachel O’Donoghue | Honest Reporting “Why hasn’t there been a Palestinian state?” was the question posed in a recent segment on NPR’s flagship news show “All Things Considered.” Tasked with answering . . . READ MORE . . .
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