For today, links to commentary via ScheerPost and Middle East Monitor, and — in between — to five reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, Anadolu Ajansi, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 8-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Israel’s assassination of memory, by Chris Hedges | Original to SheerPost It will take months to turn Gaza City into a parking lot. I have no doubt Israel will replicate the efficiency of the Nazi SS Gen. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, who oversaw the obliteration of Warsaw. He spent his final years in a prison cell. May history, at least in terms of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Israeli strikes and gunfire kill 33 as Gaza City becomes focus of famine and a military offensive, by Mariam Dagga and Samy Magdy | AP KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza today, including people sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food, local hospitals said as a famine in Gaza’s largest city . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 22 Trump calls on Israel to ‘go in fast’ to Gaza City, makes no reference to ceasefire. From Middle East Eye. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to give his backing for Israel’s assault on Gaza City, claiming that it would be “safer” for the captives if Israel attacked the urban centre home to 1 million Palestinians, most of whom were forcibly displaced from other parts of Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 22 What is a famine and who declares one? by Laura Ungar and Jamey Keaten | AP Famine is now occurring in Gaza City, according to the world’ leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification released an analysis . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 22 Israel deliberately depriving Gaza of clean water: Doctors Without Borders, by Necva Taştan Sevinç | Anadolu Ajansi ISTANBUL — Israel is deliberately depriving Palestinians in Gaza of access to clean water by destroying infrastructure and blocking imports of essential treatment equipment, international medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said. READ MORE . . .
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As the IDF intensifies its operations, healthcare in Gaza is under threat. Reported by Jane Arraf and Scott Simon | NPR Israeli forces are telling Gaza City doctors to move their clinics south ahead of a massive attack. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.
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Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City, by Binoy Kampmark | Middle East Monitor History shows that famines are, for the most part, engineered. Be it through carelessness, selfishness or . . . READ MORE . . .
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