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Crying out for justice
As the latest inquiry into Israel’s war on Gaza hears the harrowing testimonies of Palestinian survivors, Edward Platt exposes the obstacles in the way of truth and a fair trial
A sense of an ending
Washington must cut the umbilical cords that ties it to Tel Aviv. If it doesn’t, the conflict in the Middle East will hasten American decline
Obama and Israel: a new hope
The signs after Barack Obama’s inauguration were all in favour of the pro-Israel lobby. But the signals of the past few weeks have caught Tel Aviv off guard
Q&A: Edward Platt
Edward Platt, who reports on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the New Statesman, talks to George Eaton about the chances of Obama brokering a peace deal, the possibility of a binational state and the rightwards shift in Israel
New Statesman writer arrested in Iran
Journalist and broadcaster Maziar Bahari detained following the regime's crackdown in Tehran.
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