For today, links to reports from the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 6-6-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, LEBANON and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM JUNE 6  Israel vows ‘escalation’ of West Bank land theft if EU recognizes Palestine. From the Cradle. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned on Friday that Tel Aviv has prepared an “escalation plan” in the occupied West Bank if European countries move forward with a push to recognize a Palestinian state. READ MORE . . .

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UK and France abandon plans to recognise Palestinian state at conference, by Alex MacDonald | Middle East Eye  The UK and France will abandon previous plans to recognise a Palestinian state at an upcoming conference, according to diplomats. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JUNE 3  Israeli soldiers bar media from visiting West Bank villages on tour organized by Oscar winners, by Julia Frankel | AP  JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers on Monday barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of the Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land.” READ MORE . . .

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