For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (IRAN, SYRIA, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK 3-17-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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UN condemns Israel’s ‘significant expansion’ of illegal West Bank settlements. From the Cradle. Israel has expanded and consolidated Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of a campaign to illegally annex these territories into the State of Israel, the UN Human Rights Office stated in a new report issued today. READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s multiple wars in the Middle East, by Jana Choukeir and Tala Ramadan | Reuters  DUBAI — Israel has been fighting wars on several fronts in the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked communities in the country in October 2023 and triggered a conflict in Gaza. It has engaged in heavy bombings and assassinated some of its most implacable foes, all backed by Iran. READ MORE . . .

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