The Arab League’s latest sessions on Syria bring to mind the first Arab League summit I witnessed, in November 1973.…
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Russia retires the Kalashnikov, but the killing won’t stop
The Russian army’s decision to replace the famed Kalashnikov as its standard infantry assault weapon is so shocking that its…
Continue reading →A revolution in 1972 where Palestinians first lost their way
Despite what you read, this year’s Arab Spring is not the first Arab revolution of the modern era. There have…
Continue reading →Time for truth, and painful reconciliation in Lebanon
Lebanon survived 15 years of civil war. It endured military occupation by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (forced on it by…
Continue reading →For Lebanon, the truth is a poisoned chalice
When the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005, at least one million citizens massed…
Continue reading →A needless death in Gaza, and one less witness to its plight
The spectacle of a European or North American hostage – shackled and blindfolded – has been a recurring sight in…
Continue reading →Britain can never atone for its colonial past
David Cameron spoke with unusual candour for a British prime minister a few days ago when he told university students…
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