Recently, the Aljazeera online English service posed a seemingly simple question: “Should (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert talk with Hamas?” The question, of course, acquires ample meaning
A contingent of US soldiers went on a killing spree back in November murdering 14 Iraqi civilians in cold blood including seven women and three children, the youngest aged two. Were these soldiers
President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to delay the announcement of a referendum on statehood that implicitly recognizes Israel’s right to exist avoids a political crisis for 48 hours; but that is all it
Thinking of Segolene Royal I am reminded of an old saying: The strongest perfumes come in small bottles. Mme Royal is petite, sophisticated, perfectly presented and marketed with all the media savvy
Communists are being killed in the Philippines: That’s nothing new. The state has been killing them for nearly sixty years. What’s new is that the Communists being killed aren’t necessarily those waging
LONDON, 7 June 2006 — That they have not seen his film is no impediment. That it has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes only quickens their desire for reprisals. Ken Loach has been placed in preventive detention
