Autocracy and democracy: the human race has a dual heritage
At first I was going to write about the ‘Arab Problem’, because there is not a single functioning democracy in the Arab world. This week’s...
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David and Goliath in Palestine
Something must be done to right the wrong done to the Palestinians The Gaza Strip in Palestine is probably the worst defended territory in...
Arab winter: how to explain the failure of democracy
Ten years ago this week Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the...
Israeli police kill Arab citizen wanted for Tel Aviv shootings
By Dan Williams ISRAELI police killed in a shootout on Friday an Arab citizen wanted for a January 1 gun rampage in Tel Aviv, the...
Israel says citizen, likely Arab, used paraglider to enter Syria
Israel said on Sunday that one of its citizens, probably a member of the country’s Muslim Arab minority, had illegally flown to rebellion-wracked Syria by...