For today, links to four reports: from Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press; and to three articles of commentary from Middle East Monitor, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye; other reports and commentary are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 8-8–25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll.) — MCM
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Gaza residents dread Israel’s occupation plan, by Mohammed al-Hajjar | Middle East Eye GAZA CITY, occupied Palestine Residents of Gaza have met Israel‘s occupation plan with a mix of fear, exhaustion and defiance. READ MORE . . .
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How the world is reacting to the Israeli government’s decision to escalate the war. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and Scott Simon | NPR Many fear the expansion of the war puts the remaining hostages at even greater risk. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM AUG. 8 Israel says it will expand Gaza war, take main city. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Ailsa Chang | NPR The move marks a major escalation in the nearly two-year-long war that’s already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for report from AP.
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FROM AUG. 8 Netanyahu’s Gaza gambit: A last stand or strategic folly? by Jasim Al-Azzawi | Middle East Monitor As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes forward with his plan to conquer the remaining 25 per cent of the Gaza Strip, the move . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 8 Israel’s agent of chaos in Gaza, by William Van Wagenen | The Cradle In late July, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed attributed to Yasser Abu Shabab, a Palestinian warlord with a criminal past, portraying him and his militia as potential saviors of Gaza. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 8 Former U.S. contractor for GHF says team leader not fit to oversee operation: report. From Middle East Eye. Johnny “Taz” Mulford, a team leader for a U.S. contractor providing services to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Fund, has been accused of being a member of an Islamophobic organisation, a Zeteo report said on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .
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