Heeding the lessons of history
Israel has the right to defend itself, but the razing of civilian infrastructure in Gaza will not eradicate Hamas.
ByIsrael has the right to defend itself, but the razing of civilian infrastructure in Gaza will not eradicate Hamas.
ByThe Labour leader refused to say whether he would sack shadow ministers for backing a Gaza ceasefire.
ByIt has not been accompanied by a more positive political strategy.
ByIn the wake of the horrific 7 October attack, many Israelis are grappling with trauma and a desire for revenge.
ByAs the conscience of society, writer-thinkers should not be swayed by prevailing political opinion in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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ByAlso this week: Margaret Thatcher’s candour and the loss of a wise friend.
ByShadow cabinet ministers have privately warned that the party risks losing Muslim voters if it appears callous.
ByIn an age of fake news, wartime leaders understand that they now have to fight against disinformation and conspiracies too.
ByThe US risks being drawn into a Middle East war it does not want to fight.
ByAt a London rally in support of Israel over the weekend fear was palpable – but so was the defiance.
ByDoha hosts Hamas as part of a cynical geopolitical game.
ByWarnings that the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict could become a genocide should be heeded.
ByThe conflict has had a similar – but less pronounced – effect on oil and gas markets as Russia’s invasion.
ByUrban warfare is hard and it’s unclear what Israeli forces would be able to achieve.
ByThe former head of Human Rights Watch on Israel and Hamas, the hospital blast and war crimes.
ByOn social media, users have two choices: to log off and look away, or stay and witness horrors and lies…
ByHow a rush to report on the hospital blast in Gaza led Joe Biden’s Middle East summit to collapse within…
ByIt is a moral catastrophe that people refuse to consider the circumstances of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
ByPoliticians in the UK are nervous to speak about the conflict – but if ever there was a time for…
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