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.
In Gaza in crisis
Those who die waiting
- By Mohammed Omer
- 01 November 2007
Israel's blockade of Gaza is costing critically ill Palestinians their lives
Reprehensible Israeli policies and mistaken token responses
- 21 June 2007
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?
- By Haim Baram
- 21 June 2007
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
- By Zaki Chehab
- 21 June 2007
Hamas showed its strength in forcing Fatah from Gaza. But will it turn the desperate strip into a new Afghanistan?
The wake of conquest
- By Gerda L Cohen
- 04 June 2007
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
- By Zaki Chehab
- 28 May 2007
The world cannot afford to stand by while the Israeli army and Palestinian militias fight their unwinnable and bloody war.
Children of the dust
- By John Pilger
- 28 May 2007
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
- By Benjamin Pogrund
- 26 February 2007
Trying to find some reality among all the strong emotions that the issues of Israel and Palestine throw up
Terror and starvation in Gaza
- By John Pilger
- 22 January 2007
Pilger on the genocide that is engulfing Palestine as bystanders silently look on
Also in Gaza in crisis
No peace in our time
- By John Kampfner
- 30 October 2006
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?
- By Gideon Lichfield
- 28 August 2006
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
- By Lindsey Hilsum
- 14 August 2006
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
