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Crying out for justice
As the latest inquiry into Israel’s war on Gaza hears the harrowing testimonies of Palestinian survivors, Edward Platt exposes the obstacles in the way of truth and a fair trial
Obama and Israel: a new hope
The signs after Barack Obama’s inauguration were all in favour of the pro-Israel lobby. But the signals of the past few weeks have caught Tel Aviv off guard
Honduras wavers on the brink
The events of 28 June took everyone by surprise – shooting in the night in Tegucigalpa, followed by the exile to Costa Rica of the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya. Suspicions persist that the US was behind his overthrow.
Q&A: Edward Platt
Edward Platt, who reports on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the New Statesman, talks to George Eaton about the chances of Obama brokering a peace deal, the possibility of a binational state and the rightwards shift in Israel
A sense of an ending
Washington must cut the umbilical cords that ties it to Tel Aviv. If it doesn’t, the conflict in the Middle East will hasten American decline
What lies beneath
If Sarkozy banned the burqa, he himself would be oppressing the women who wear it. Making something invisible does not make it go away
‘‘I’m not Nelson Mandela’’
Morgan Tsvangirai is on tour promoting the New Zimbabwe, but can he honestly bury the past and build a better future?
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