For today, a link to a report from the Cradle, and to commentary from Middle East Eye and the Flautist; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (WEST BANK 10-14-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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New wave of Israeli army, settler violence hits occupied West Bank. From the Cradle. Israeli occupation forces caused large-scale destruction in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas overnight, as part of military operations which coincided with an escalation of settler violence against Palestinians across the territory. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 18  Trump’s Knesset speech was a celebration of war crimes, not a vision for peace, by Michel Shehadeh | Middle East Eye  Framed as a celebration of “peace,” the self-congratulatory spectacle on Oct. 13 quickly became a brazen admission of U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocidal warand an attempt to reassert its dominance in the region. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 18  ‘Against chutzpah,’ by Patrick Lawrence | The Flautist  There is a public-display aspect to all of these cases of overreach and barbarism. The conduct of Zionists is meant to be seen—the more unacceptable it may be to civilized sensibilities the more this seems to be so. READ MORE . . .

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