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Gaza in crisis
As Hamas seizes violent control of Gaza, newstatesman.com recalls a selection of recent stories from the magazine on a worsening crisis that threatens to spread far beyond the confines of the Palestinian territories.
Those who die waiting
Israel's blockade of Gaza is costing critically ill Palestinians their lives
Reprehensible Israeli policies and mistaken token responses
Israel's policy towards the Palestinians has long been morally and politically reprehensible. But it is only through concerted engagement that a broader catastrophe can be averted
Israel and Gaza and a summer of war?
The creation of an Islamic Bantustan under Hamas is the result of Israeli belligerence, Palestinian corruption and a failed US experiment in democracy that threatens the whole of the Middle East, argues Haim Baram, while Zaki Chehab argues that Gaza risks becoming the world's new pariah state
The new pariah state
Hamas showed its strength in forcing Fatah from Gaza. But will it turn the desperate strip into a new Afghanistan?
The wake of conquest
Taken from the New Statesman 16 June 1967 The twisted legacy of Israel's victory over hostile neighbouring Arab states in the Six Day War 40 years ago this month continues to block any Middle East road to peace. This vivid report, published in the New Statesman in the immediate aftermath, shows the heated opinions and prejudices of that time among triumphant Israelis. Such emotions still resonate strongly, especially in occupied Palestine's West Bank, where an estimated 400,000 Jews have been illegally settled since June 1967. Selected by Robert Taylor
Gaza: The jailed state
The world cannot afford to stand by while the Israeli army and Palestinian militias fight their unwinnable and bloody war.
Children of the dust
As the Israeli army attempts to imprison an entire nation, it is the youngest who suffer most. Half of all Palestinians killed in the past six years are children
Looking for truth among the lies
Trying to find some reality among all the strong emotions that the issues of Israel and Palestine throw up
Terror and starvation in Gaza
Pilger on the genocide that is engulfing Palestine as bystanders silently look on
No peace in our time
Israel is facing crises on several fronts: fallout from the Lebanon war, the looming threat from Iran, and internal corruption. The mood has rarely been more gloomy. John Kampfner reports from Jerusalem
Israel: What happens next?
The left is in disarray and the right has nothing fresh to offer. All Israelis can do is wait for a bold new direction to emerge
The death of Israel's dreams
Concern is mounting among senior Israelis that the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon is only the start of a much wider conflict. So who is using whom, and who will ultimately prevail? Lindsey Hilsum reports from Israel and Gaza on the spiralling crisis
James Macintyre
Inside “Next Labour”
John Pilger
The Murdoch empire
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