For today, links to reports from Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press, and to articles of commentary from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-23-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza City as Trump talks peace, by Nidal al-Mughrabi | Reuters  Israeli forces pushed towards the heart of Gaza City today, placing at risk the lives of Palestinians who had stayed put inhopes that growing pressure on Israel for a ceasefire would mean they would not lose their homes. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 23  Israel seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank, UN inquiry says, by Olivia Le Poidevin | Reuters  GENEVA — The Israeli government has shown a clear intent to establish permanent control over Gaza and to ensure a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank, a United Nations commission said in a report on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 23  Israel’s attacks on Gaza City create new mass graves at a hospital. Reported by Anas Baba | NPR  Gaza City residents say Western countries’ recognition of a Palestinian state has no bearing on their current reality. A hospital courtyard has become a graveyard as Israel’s offensive intensifies. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 23  More experts see genocide in Israel’s wartime conduct in Gaza, by Mike Corder and Molly Quell | AP  THE HAGUE — A growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a UN body, have said Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, deepening Israel’s isolation and risking untold damage to the country’s standing even among allies. READ MORE . . .

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As Israel wages war on the whole region, the Arabs are finally turning, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye  Nearly two years of war have seen parts of Lebanon as well as Gaza devastated, southern Syria occupied, and Israeli warplanes have killed Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, Yemen’s prime minister, and knocked out Iran’s top military leadership. READ MORE . . .

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Trump’s UN speech, Palestine and the futility of Western recognition, by Ronny P Sasmita | Middle East Monitor  When the loudest and most powerful voice in the room mocks the institutions meant to enforce international law, recognition becomes little more than symbolism. READ MORE . . .

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