The Hamas attack was driven by a brutal ideology
The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.
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Edward Luttwak: “The Israelis are bombing to kill Hamas, not civilians”
The author and strategist on how militants were able to invade, and how Israel responds.
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What comes next in Gaza
Israel was wrong to think it could contain Hamas so easily.
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Israel’s democratic unravelling
The judicial overhaul is just the first step in the far-right government’s plan to transform the country.
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How Saudi Arabia is buying the world
As the kingdom’s model of capitalism without democracy thrives, the prospect of a Saudi century has consequences for us all.
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This could be the end of Benjamin Netanyahu
Protests and strikes against the Israeli government’s judicial reforms are intensifying.
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How to kill a country
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was no turning point. It was a slow-burning tale of how Britain and the US…
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General Richard Dannatt’s last fight: the legacy of the Iraq War
The outspoken soldier on Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and an impossible job.
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