For today, links to reports from Middle East Monitor and the Cradle, and to an essay from Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (LEBANON 5-10-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE, IRAN and WEST BANK entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 29  Israel army infiltrates southern Lebanon town. From Middle East Monitor. Forces from the Israeli occupation army infiltrated into the outskirts of the southern Lebanon border town of Bleida Wednesday evening, Lebanese media sources reported today according to the Palestinian Information Centre. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 1  U.S. deputy envoy behind Hezbollah disarmament campaign to be replaced: report. From the Cradle. U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to the region Morgan Ortagus, who has been in charge of Washington’s Lebanon policy, is soon to be removed from her position and reassigned to another role, according to U.S. and Israeli reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 1  Genetic study shows ‘Phoenicians,’ like all ‘nations,’ were a multi-ethnic franchise, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment / ScheerPost  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Harald Ringbauer et al. writing in Nature report on a genetic study of the ancient Phoenicians that is really going to anger Lebanese Christian nationalists. In fact, it contains a profound lesson for nationalists and nationalism in general, which is . . . READ MORE . . .

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