KEN COCKBURN assesses the art of Ian Hamilton Finlay for the experience of warfare it incited and represents
Towards a two-state solution
MARJORIE MAYO recommends a succinct and exceptionally lucid account of the underlying causes of the war in Gaza
HISTORY MISREAD: Graffiti on the West Bank barrier-wall near Bethlehem. ’Ich bin ein Berliner / I am a Berliner’ comes from John Kennedy anti-communist speech given on June 26 1963 in West Berlin
The bard gives us advance notice of his upcoming medieval K-pop releases
GORDON PARSONS steps warily through the pessimistic world view of an influential US conservative
HENRY BELL takes issue with the assertion that basic income is a remedy for poverty when it doesn’t address the inbuilt inequality of capitalism
RON JACOBS welcomes an investigation of the murders of US leftist activists that tells the story of a solidarity movement in Chile
RITA DI SANTO surveys the smorgasbord of films on offer at this year’s festival
Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
What does Israel Fear from Palestine?
By Raja Shehadeh, Profile Books
RAJA SHEHADEH is a leading human rights lawyer as well as being a writer of great sensitivity, humanity and depth. His accounts of life under the occupation bring the reality of Palestinian experiences to international audiences, linking the personal with the political dimensions of the struggle.
Unsurprisingly then, his latest book, What does Israel Fear from Palestine? provides an exceptionally lucid account of the underlying causes of the war in Gaza, accompanied, as this has been, by escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) on the West Bank. This sets the context for the consideration of what needs to change if there is to be some possibility of hope for the future.
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