World Affairs: Middle East
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The anti-Israel party?
newstatesman.com' s weekly tour of the political blogosphere with your guide Paul Evans
In middle east
Afraid to sleep, afraid to wake
- By Mohammed Omer
- 08 January
As the invasion intensified, Mohammed Omer, a Gazan journalist injured by Israeli police last year and now in hospital in Amsterdam, spoke by telephone to former contacts and friends
Israel's politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won't get it. By Haim Baram
A revenge strategy
- By Haim Baram
- 08 January
Israel’s politicians, and people, are seeking total victory in Gaza. They won’t get it
Voices from an unwinnable war
- By James Macintyre
- 08 January
Until now, young Israelis have been able to ignore the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. The invasion has changed all that
From Baltimore to Baghdad
- By Stephen Armstrong
- 08 January
The writing team behind The Wire has taken on the war in Iraq. The result is a new miniseries that challenges preconceptions on all sides
Israel's targets in Gaza
- By Ben White
- 06 January
Ben White looks at some of the objects of Israel's military onslaught in Gaza - an attack that has already cost hundreds of civilian lives
No time for comedy...
- By Jonathan Calder
- 06 January
The economic crisis, the relentless attacks on Gaza and a very real threat to trainspotting. Jonathan Calder returns with his unique perspective of the world
Feature
Gaza under fire
Every war Israel has waged since 1948 has had the same objective: expulsion of the native people and theft of more land. But why are we in the west silent on this truth?
More in middle east
Beware of Groundhog Day
- By John Pilger
- 11 December 2008
On a sea of stories
- By Hugh Kennedy
- 11 December 2008
Living with the monster
- By Rachel Aspden
- 04 December 2008
Palestine's secret oasis
- By Zoe Flood
- 04 December 2008
Refugees face enemies within
- By Abigail Fielding-Smith
- 27 November 2008
Invisible cities
- By Hisham Matar
- 20 November 2008
Thanks for the memories
- By Ryan Gilbey
- 20 November 2008
