There's a huge number of things I wanted to link to this week but didn't get around to...

The first is A Minority Report from the West Bank and Gaza, which is a reasoned and detailed analysis of the current situation in the Palestinian territories, followed by an interview, by a Palestinian journalist ( Read more... )

I started to read a pro-Israel article this morning that I found very persuasive -- and then had to rush off to college for my opinion writing exam. I had though it was in The Guardian, but remembering now, I think it was actually in The Times ( Read more... )

Some of the articles that have been grabbing my attention lately are ones that look at the pragmatics of the Gazan situation and avoid the intractable bog of moral justifications coming from each side. Refusing to engage in that, they examine instead whether the Israeli offensive will help secure Israel's security and peace in the region generally ( Read more... )

I've had mammoth postings in my head but have gotten into the situation where I don't know where to start ( Read more... )