For today, links to reports from Middle East Eye and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Middle East Monitor; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE. WEST BANK 2-5-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM FEB. 5  Israel’s West Bank assault displaces 26,000 from Jenin and Tulkarm camps, by Lubna Masarwa and Heba Nasser | Middle East Eye  JERUSALEM / LONDON — The Israeli military has displaced 26,000 Palestinians from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarm since launching its major assault on the occupied West Bank last month. READ MORE . . .

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Allies and foes criticize Trump’s plan for the U.S. to ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf and Steve Inskeep  | NPR  Allies and foes criticized President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to take ownership of the Palestinian enclave of Gaza and relocate nearly 2 million people from there. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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War crimes in the West Bank and the PA’s weakness will end with annexation, by Ali Saadah | Middle East Monitor  Massacres and war crimes are being committed by the Israeli occupation army across the occupied West Bank. Refugee camps have been destroyed and their residents displaced. It is genocide in all but name. But what does the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah do? READ MORE . . .