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For today, links to eight reports from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Reuters, the Anadolu Agency, National Public Radio, and the Jerusalem Post, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE and ASSANGE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3 decades, by Julia Frankel | AP JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said today, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions linked to the ongoing war in Gaza. Authorities recently approved . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, warns Lebanon’s Hezbollah, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem | Reuters CAIRO / GAZA — Many Palestinians were seeking shelter today after fleeing their homes in southern Gaza and complained of water shortages as Israel pressed on with its military offensive in the densely populated enclave. Israeli forces . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN rapporteur calls on all to ‘wake up’ regarding Gaza, by Merve Berker | Anadolu Agency ANKARA — The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine today called on people from all over the world to “wake up” regarding the atrocities in Gaza.“Only a deep-seated dehumanization of Palestinians in Gaza . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israel’s state prosecutor seeks probe of security minister for anti-Gazan incitement: report, by Zein Khalil | Anadolu Agency JERUSALEM — Israeli State Prosecutor Amit Aisman is seeking to open a criminal investigation into National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for allegedly inciting violence against Palestinians in Gaza in order to show the International Criminal Court that it is holding Israeli officials to account for such actions, local media reported today. READ MORE . . .
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12 former gov’t officials call Biden’s Gaza policy ‘failure,’ ‘threat to U.S. national security,’ by Rabia Iclal Turan | Anadolu Agency WASHINGTON — Twelve former U.S. government officials who resigned over the Biden administration’s policy on Gaza released a statement Tuesday, calling it a “failure and a threat to US national security.” “America’s diplomatic cover for, and continuous flow of arms to, Israel, they said in a joint statement, “has. . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 1 2 U.S. military members discuss why they resigned over the war in Gaza. Reported by Leila Fadel | NPR The number of resignations among Biden administration officials and American military service members over U.S. policY in Gaza is small, but growing. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM JULY 2 Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 270? From the Jerusalem Post. IDF forces began demolishing the house of Ahmed Duavsha, a terrorist from the village of Duma, according to Israeli media reports on Tuesday. Duavsha had been responsible for the murder of Binyamin Achimair, a 14-year-old shepherd, in April. READ MORE . . .
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The Israeli plan has now been exposed, by Abdul Majeed Swailem | Middle East Monitor The only guaranteed path for Israel after nearly nine months of its criminal war on the Gaza Strip, and the accompanying aggressive battles along the southern border of Lebanon, is to reduce the pace of the war there and wait . . . READ MORE . . .