Given what he had heard in his courtroom, Sir Brian Leveson, the judge appointed by British Prime Minister David Cameron to investigate misdeeds by the press, could plausibly have delivered damning judgements about the police, politicians—including Cameron and his ministers—and, … Continued
Published by: The New York Review of Books
Those who support Israel or Palestine as if they were rival football teams do those two peoples a terrible disservice
Published by: The Guardian
Jonathan Freedland considers the factors influencing the timing of Israel's attack on GazaJonathan FreedlandMustafa KhaliliAlex Healey
Published by: The Guardian
All the violence in Gaza and Israel will do is sow hatred in the hearts of yet another generation
Published by: The Guardian
Every defeated party has to travel from denial to acceptance. At least in Mitt Romney's case the loss was unequivocal
Published by: The Guardian
You wait years for big elections that will shape the world, or at least shape a part of the world you care about, and then three come at once. This week, has seen a US presidential contest and a change at the top in China (admittedly without a single democratic vote cast). And the third? That’s coming in Israel in January.
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle
History made as first black US president is re-elected, defying jobless rate and assaults of American right
Published by: The Guardian
That the election seemed to be a cakewalk for the president until the first TV debate attests to the Republican's flawed candidacy
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The question of who will emerge victorious depends on whether you ask the priests or the mathematicians
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It's totally wrong to think there's little difference between Obama and Romney. We should all remember Gore v Bush
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