A single incident at the weekend – the 'kidnapped soldier' – illustrated in stark fashion the layers of deception Israel has successfully cast over its attack on Gaza
Whatever its public statements, the US is assisting Israel not only in what President Barack Obama called its right to “self-defence” but in actively damaging Palestinian interests.
The horrifying events of the last week should serve as a lesson in the obscene futility of vengeance.
Today Israel chose to direct its deadly assault not only at Palestinians under occupation but at the international community itself. Will our leaders finally be moved to act?
At this potentially cataclysmic moment in global politics, it is good to see that one of the world's leading broadcasters, the BBC, decided this week that it should air a documentary with the above title. But it addressed none of the important issues
More than a little uncomfortably, I find myself with a bone to pick with one of our finest champions of humanitarian values and opponents of war.
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