Why did Israel launch its offensive on Gaza on 27 December? Little is clear and as always there are competing accounts and interpretations, with even more confusion and argument over its degree of success or failure. Continue reading
Middle East
Obama in power
So how do the first two weeks of the Obama administration’s international policies look? Too soon to pass judgement on the administration and its approach, too soon to tell very much, but not too soon for opinions and the commentariat is already full of them. In a provisional sort of way, let’s join in. Continue reading
Gaza
Others are writing with wisdom, evidence and pain on the current events in Gaza and right now I have nothing to add. But I do recommend two web-sites for a human rights perspective from within Israel: one is a coalition of human rights groups, specifically on Gaza, and the other is B’Tselem‘s (both their “Gaza strip” summary and “Statistics” drop-down are especially useful).
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