For today, links to reports from Middle East Eye, Reuters, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA 8-14-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers shoot Palestinians and torch cars in latest West Bank assaults, by Mera Aladam | Middle East Eye  Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians today, wounding at least five people, setting fire to at least three cars and a house and destroying agricultural land across the occupied West Bank. READ MORE . . .

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UN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law. From Reuters. The UN human rights office said today an Israeli plan to build to build thousands of new homes between an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and near East Jerusalem was illegal under international law, and would put nearby Palestinians at risk of forced eviction, which it described as a war crime. READ MORE . . .

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Germany tells Israeli government to stop West Bank settlement construction. From Reuters. BERLIN — Germany today called on the Israeli government to stop settlement construction in the West Bank after Israel’s far-right finance minister said work would start on a plan for thousands of home that would divide the Palestinian territory. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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