For today, links to six reports: from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary from Truthout, ScheerPost, 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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FROM JULY 26 Polio virus detected in Gaza wastewater raises public health concerns. Reported by Gabrielle Emanuel | NPR The territory hasn’t had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Israel orders the evacuation of part of a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza, by Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Metz | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military ordered the evacuation of a part of a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza ahead of a planned strike on Khan Younis today, as the country’s negotiators prepare to meet international mediators to discuss a proposed cease-fire. READ MORE . . .
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At least 30 killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza health officials say, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose | Reuters CAIRO / JERUSALEM — At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a school in Deir al Balah in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials said, and the Israeli military said it had struck a Hamas command centre. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.
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Erdogan denounces ‘shameless’ celebration of Netanyahu before Congress. From Middle East Monitor. “The whole world watched and saw how a genocidal murderer was applauded in the American Congress,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. “Think about those who killed nearly 40,000 children, women and the elderly; the House of Representatives applauds . . .” READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 24 Netanyahu visit & U.S. contempt for international law, by Marjorie Cohn | Truthout / Consortium News The United States has long ignored many commands of international law, but its casual disregard of the International Court of Justice came into sharp focus this week as . . . READ MORE . . .
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No more silence, by Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost / Consortium News There is no turning away from the depths to which terrorist Israel has dragged the whole of humanity. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for links from Politico, the London Review of Books and CBS News.
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FROM JULY 24 Netanyahu’s speech betrays historic Jewish values. Robert Scheer of ScheerPost speaks with Richard Silverstein, author and journalist of the Tikun Olam blog. Click HERE to watch and listen, and for transcript of interview.