Links to SIX reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and the Associated Press, and to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for LEBANON 2-20-26. Scroll up for IRAN and WEST BANK.) — MCM
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Hezbollah says ‘resistance’ is the only choice after deadly Israeli strike. From AFP. Hezbollah today warned it would have no choice but to fight on after an Israeli strike on targets in Lebanon killed eight of its operatives. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.
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Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon kill 8 Hezbollah members, officials say, by Fadi Tawil and Bassem Mroue | AP RAYAK, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon have killed eight members of the militant Hezbollah group, including several local officials, two officials with the group said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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U.S. ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, by Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy | AP TEL AVIV — Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East. READ MORE . . .
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U.S . envoy Huckabee claims Israel has ‘biblical right’ to conquer all West Asia. From the Cradle. During a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee claimed Israel has a biblical right to take over “all” of West Asia. “It would be fine if they took it all,” he said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Feb. 20 report from Middle East Eye.
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FROM FEB. 19 Rubio declared a return to brutal western colonialism — and Europe applauded, by Jonathan Cook | Middle East Eye / Jonathan-Cook.net U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference was another troubling declaration of intent by the Trump administration. The explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy, he said, is to resurrect the western colonial order that persisted for some five centuries until the Second World War. READ MORE . . .
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