For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary via the New York Times; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 7-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 30  Palestinians in West Bank village face new crisis as Israeli settlers cut off water, electricity. From Reuters. SUSIYA, West Bank — Palestinians in this village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank thought life could not get worse as Jewish settlers were attacking them repeatedly and ripping apart their precious olive groves. Then settlers armed with knives . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM JULY 29  A settler allegedly killed a Palestinian, and there’s video. Israel released him to house arrest, by Julia Frankel | AP  TEL AVIV — A radical Israeli settler accused of shooting and killing a Palestinian activist during a confrontation with unarmed Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and who was filmed firing a pistol during the incident, was released under house arrest on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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FROM JULY 28  What we talk about when we talk about the right of return, by Sari Bashi in the New York Times  The Israeli government is now advancing plans to forcibly displace more Palestinians, mostly in Gaza but also in the West Bank. In early July, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he ordered . . . . READ MORE . . .

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