For today, links to two reports: from Middle East Monitor and the Cradle, and to an article of commentary from the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Scroll down for WEST BANK 12-5-25, and up or down for SYRIA, GAZA, LEBANON, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries.) — MCM

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FROM DEC. 5  Illegal Israeli settlers torch vehicles, cut water lines in Friday attacks. From Middle East Monitor. Illegal Israeli settlers carried out two separate attacks early Friday in the occupied West Bank, torching vehicles east of Ramallah and cutting water lines in the northern Jordan Valley, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM DEC. 5  Israel moves to extend army service to 36 months. From the Cradle. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Friday a plan to extend mandatory military service to 36 months — which would . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM DEC. 5  Gaza’s smoke clouds the West Bank’s flames, by a correspondent | The Cradle  On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, while the world braced for the fallout of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, another front of war opened quietly. Not with airstrikes or artillery, but with bulldozers, laws, and settler militias. READ MORE . . .

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