Palestine
Kennedy’s False Note
Much hoo-ha was made of the BBC’s “censorship” of Nigel Kennedy’s remarks about Palestine at the Proms. In truth, Kennedy knew all along he’d be taken off air
Underrated: Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s ‘hawkish’ prime minister is a wise pragmatist with a deft touch amid regional chaos
Kerry’s Carry-On
‘Why is John Kerry’s plane shuttling to Tel Aviv? The US is not even attempting to stop the killing in Syria or Egypt’
The Tyrants’ Excuse
‘Europe bought into the tyrants’ excuse: that lack of Palestinian independence, not of Arab freedom, was the cause of Middle East extremism’
ONLINE Only: Direct Talks
Low expectations for this week’s peace summit in Washington could actually be quite useful
ONLINE Only: Refugees ad infinitum
The unique reality for many Palestinians living in Lebanon is that their refugee status has become hereditary
Palestine’s Tragedy
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism’s complaisance to peaceful co-existence
A Perfect Storm
‘The most liberal US President since JFK and a right-wing Israeli Prime Minister appear to be on a collision course’
Denying Israel’s Deniers
The British and Israeli novelists Howard Jacobson and A.B. Yehoshua discuss the new wave of anti-Jewish rhetoric with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts