For today, links to six reports: from Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary via the New York Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 7-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down. LEBANON, WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Sweden and the Netherlands call for EU to suspend Israel trade deal. From Middle East Eye. Sweden and the Netherlands have called on the European Union to suspend a trade deal with Israel over its assault on the Gaza Strip. READ MORE . . .
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Canada joins France and UK with plan to recognise Palestinian state. From Middle East Eye. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that his country intends to formally recognise a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly in September, following similar announcements by France and the United Kingdom. He said late on Wednesday that . . . READ MORE . . .
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Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East makes his first trip to Israel since May. Reported by Emily Feng, Hannah Bloch and A Martínez | NPR Steve Witkoff, United States Special Envoy to the Middle East, is making his first trip to Israel since May, at a moment when the U.N. warns Gaza is on the verge of all out famine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM JULY 30 Dozens killed while seeking food in Gaza as U.S. envoy heads to Israel, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Sally Abou | AP DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded Wednesday while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip, according to a hospital that received the casualties. Meanwhile, the U.S. Mideast envoy . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for later report from Middle East Eye.
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FROM JULY 30 Arab states urge Hamas to step aside for peace plan long rejected by Israel. From Middle East Monitor. In a bid to salvage the two-state solution, Arab states have urged Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza. Seventeen countries have . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 28 What we talk about when we talk about the right of return, by Sari Bashi in the New York Times The Israeli government is now advancing plans to forcibly displace more Palestinians, mostly in Gaza but also in the West Bank. In early July, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he ordered . . . . READ MORE . . .
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