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Here are links to three reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, SYRIA, IRAN and GAZA, and for WEST BANK 8-17-26.) — MCM

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Israeli settler confronts Palestinian American at his besieged West Bank home, by Pesha Magid, Ammar Awad and Sinan Abu Mayzer | Reuters  QUSRA, West Bank — Palestinian American Loui Ridi raised a giant American flag over his West Bank home, hoping it might deter . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 17  Palestinian family in West Bank fear settler violence will rob them of home. Reported by Frank Langfitt | NPR  The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area. Click HERE to listen and read.  Click HERE for Aug. 18 report from AP including photos.

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