Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk: So far, Obama’s missed the point on Gaza… Thursday, 22 January 2009 It would have helped if Obama had the courage to talk about what everyone in the Middle East was talking about. No, it wasn’t the US withdrawal from Iraq. They knew...

Ben White

Israel wanted a humanitarian crisis Targeting civilians was a deliberate part of this bid to humiliate Hamas and the Palestinians, and pulverise Gaza into chaos Ben White The Guardian January 20, 2009 The scale of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip, and the...

Patrick Cockburn

In Israel, detachment from reality is now the norm All these years on from Sabra and Chatila, has anything changed? Patrick Cockburn The Independent January 22, 2009 I was watching the superb animated documentary Waltz with Bashir about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon...