Israel: Winners and Losers
Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, of Likud, is on the verge of forging a government after five weeks or so of haggling. The announcement of a right-wing government will come soon, unless Bibi manages to...
Category: Middle East
Generation Dubai: an interview & review
Bijan Khezri is a corporate financier. He is a German citizen presently living in New York and London, having received his education in Switzerland. He is the Chairman of BK Capital Group and author...
The Price of War: Pentagon Lifts Ban on Flag-Draped Coffins
In his speech to the Congress (and the world) on Tuesday night, Barack Obama outlined many changes that he plans to make going forward. He touched on education and health care reform, and had even...
America’s failures in the Middle East: an interview with Patrick Tyler
Patrick Tyler is the Chief Correspondent for the New York Times. He was staioned in Cairo as Washington Post Middle East Bureau Chief. During the 1990s, before the start of the First Gulf War, he was...
Avigdor Lieberman and the rise of the Israeli right
With the results of Tuesday's Israeli election still largely undecided, one certainty has emerged from the chaotic aftermath: Israel is, as MJ Rosenberg noted on Wednesday, "becoming a right-wing...
Perception is reality: On Israel, wrongs, rights, and the right wing
Perception is reality. So goes the old trope - the bane of various minorities, spiky-haired punks, and clear thinkers everywhere. In an intractable, prolonged, bitter standoff between Palestinian and...
Gaza: how Israel killed the spirit of peace
In announcing the ceasefire in Gaza, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stated that Israel had “reached all the goals of the war, and beyond.” It’s an odd choice of words, but I guess the right words...
On “Defiance,” Israel, and the “Jews Run Hollywood” Line
Maybe it’s art imitating life, or life imitating art, but Hollywood couldn’t have timed the British release date of "Defiance" any better if they tried. On January 9, as people queued to see...
Hamas at the Tipping Point
For those of you just in from outer space, Israeli air strikes began against Hamas, a militant Islamist group, in the Gaza Strip on December 27 in response, the Israelis say, to the relentless but...
Dear Palestine: Damn us as we have damned you
Originally published in The National. Reprinted with permission. Dear Palestine, I am sorry I cannot help you this time either. I apologise for the non-existence of my support; my excuse is not the...