Negotiation alone won’t fix the Middle East

August 29, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein

Futile talks can provide propaganda victories for rogue actors and help them portray their methods as successful.

Still time to stop Middle East arms war

August 21, 2007 | Bren Carlill

Israelis are petrified of Iran going nuclear, but why should that bother the rest of us? The fact is, a nuclear Iran would be harmful for everyone.

Energy is defiant Iran’s weakpoint

August 6, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein

LAST WEEK, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting the Middle East, correctly said that the Iranian regime constitutes the “biggest threat” to the region.

Children’s TV Hijacked

July 17, 2007 | Allon Lee

FIRST there was Farfour – the mouse with the killer attitude. Now meet his cousin, Nahoul, a children’s character with a real sting in his tail.

Year of living dangerously

July 16, 2007 | Bren Carlill

A YEAR ago this week, the Hezbollah-Israel conflict captured the attention and fears of the world after an unprovoked Hezbollah rocketed Israeli cities, crossed the border, captured two soldiers and killed eight others.

No mercy in this religious war

July 11, 2007 | Bren Carlill

IT is a year since Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel from Lebanon and crossed the international border before ambushing Israeli troops.

Abbas must confront terror groups

June 25, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein

THE blood-soaked Hamas victory in Gaza and break with the Fatah-controlled West Bank profoundly divides the Palestinian political landscape and further complicates Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects.

Gaza’s savagery no surprise

June 21, 2007 | Bren Carlill

GAZA descends into an orgy of bloodletting as Hamas takes it over militarily and people around the world scratch their heads in confusion.

Six Days and Forty Years

June 8, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein

Forty years ago this week, Israel scored a stunning six-day military victory against its Arab neighbours. Today, too many remember this event primarily as the start of Israel’s “occupation” of Arab land, which is seen as the “root cause” of all subsequent Middle Eastern problems.

Jews portrayed as guilty – again

June 6, 2007 | Allon Lee

Forget setting aspirational targets for cutting greenhouse gases. And stop pointing the finger at China and America as the main stumbling blocks for a climate change treaty. Because, according to a prominent British MP, it’s actually cold-hearted Israel that’s to blame for global warming.

The long and winding war

June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill

FORTY years ago, three Arab states provoked war with Israel, determined, in the words of the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, to throw the Jews into the sea.

The 40-year war

June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill

TODAY marks 40 years since the start of the Six Day War. We are told constantly that Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank is the reason there is no Arab-Israeli peace.

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