Arab World

Cease-fire is no solution

The Daily Star Lebanon Since the full headlines usually added that, in stark contrast, Israel had accepted the Egypt-brokered initiative, why is Hamas seemingly acting stubborn in the face of overwhelmingly superior military firepower, and amid horrific destruction in terms of lives and livelihoods in the Gaza Strip? In effect, […]

Even when it brutalises one of its own teenage citizens, America is helpless against Israel Over the last fifty years America's 'strongest ally' has acquired a sense of smug invincibility

BY MIRA BAR HILLEL THE INDEPENDENT What makes young people snatch a stranger their own age, beat him up, force petrol down his throat before setting him on fire? And what makes officers of the law hide their faces, snatch a slight 15-year-old and beat him senseless? And then the […]

Even when it brutalises one of its own teenage citizens, America is helpless against Israel Over the last fifty years America’s ‘strongest ally’ has acquired a sense of smug invincibility

BY MIRA BAR HILLEL THE INDEPENDENT What makes young people snatch a stranger their own age, beat him up, force petrol down his throat before setting him on fire? And what makes officers of the law hide their faces, snatch a slight 15-year-old and beat him senseless? And then the […]