For today, links to a report from Reuters and to an Aug. 20 entry on this website; headlines of Reuters reports are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 9-12-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 20 Israel approves settlement plan to erase idea of Palestinian state. From Reuters. JERUSALEM — A widely condemned Israeli settlement plan that would cut across land that the Palestinians seek for a state received final approval on Wednesday [Aug. 20], according to a statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 20 entry on this website.

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