For today, a map from the Associated Press and links to four reports: from Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and Harper’s Magazine; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. (WEST BANK 4-15-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Settlers storm Palestinian land and bulldoze olive trees in West Bank. From Middle East Monitor. Extremist Jewish settlers on Wednesday stormed the occupied West Bank and bulldozed private Palestinian land in Ramallah, while under the cover of Israeli occupation forces, the Palestinian Information Centre said. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli Knesset member joins thousands of illegal settlers in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. From Middle East Monitor. A hard-line member of the Israeli parliament joined thousands of illegal Jewish settlers in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem today, marking the fifth day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The Jerusalem governor’s office said they entered the mosque courtyard and the ancient Bab Al-Rahma cemetery, where . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM APRIL 16  Israel allows 180 Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque for first time, by Lubna Masarwa and Alex MacDonald | Middle East Eye  JERUSALEM / LONDON  Israel has allowed 180 Jewish worshippers to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, the largest number ever permitted by the authorities — a departure from Israel’s previous policy of allowing no more than 30 Jewish Israelis at a time into the site . . . READ MORE . . .

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After nonviolence: The end of peaceful resistance in Palestine, by Ben Ehrenreich | Harper’s Magazine  Six years had passed since I had last been to the West Bank, and ten years since I had lived there. A lot had changed . . . READ MORE . . .

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