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Monday 2 November 2009 (14 Dhul Qa`dah 1430)

Editorials: Widening the gap

The request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the US to allow Israel to complete building thousands of units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank before halting construction there,... Full Story


Remembering Yitzhak Rabin

A YEAR before the Oslo agreement, I had a meeting with Yasser Arafat in Tunis. He was full of curiosity about Yitzhak Rabin, who had just been elected prime minister. I described him as well... Full Story


Blair’s legacy of flatulent rhetoric over Europe

TONY BLAIR has done immeasurably more harm than Nick Griffin ever has. He has started at least five wars, at the last count. But Griffin is hooted in the streets, or, at any rate, on Question Time;... Full Story




Climate change: The avalanche of evidence

THE news is bad, and it’s coming in fast. Turn tens of thousands of scientists loose on a problem for two decades, and the results will seem pathetic for the first few years, because it takes... Full Story