The Royal Scam The Royal Scam
I really must come to England more often. The last time I was here, in mid-February, Princess Margaret gave up the ghost. And now, even as I step off the wondrous train that connec...
Apr 11, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Angola After Savimbi Angola After Savimbi
The battlefield death on February 22 of Jonas Savimbi marked the end of an era. With undiluted ambition, consistent ruthlessness and extraordinary skill in manipulating both frien...
Apr 11, 2002 / William Minter
The Isle of Polyphemus The Isle of Polyphemus
Like the Cyclops in the tale of Ulysses, Israel is striking at its enemy in blind fury.
Apr 11, 2002 / Feature / Wole Soyinka
Internationals on the Front Lines Internationals on the Front Lines
As the Israeli army continues the second week of its military reoccupation of the Palestinian-controlled towns of the West Bank, a group of internationals is playing a role of so...
Apr 11, 2002 / Feature / Charmaine Seitz
An Open Letter to General Ariel Sharon An Open Letter to General Ariel Sharon
Sir,
Apr 10, 2002 / Breyten Breytenbach
US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior
What does it mean to be Jewish?
Apr 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Twenty Years On Twenty Years On
Here we are, twenty years on, and the reports of the Israeli army smashing its way through Palestinian towns remind me of what came out of Lebanon as Sharon and his invading army...
Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Road Not Yet Taken The Road Not Yet Taken
Even as the Middle East plunged deeper into the maelstrom of fear, hatred, violence and despair, recent diplomatic developments, ironically, made the conditions for achieving peac...
Apr 4, 2002 / The Editors
Questions for Mr. Bush Questions for Mr. Bush
The Bush Administration has vigorously and effectively responded to the terrorist attack of September 11. The country seems united behind that effort. Certainly there was no hint ...
Apr 4, 2002 / George McGovern
Two Middle East Wars Two Middle East Wars
Two Palestinian-Israeli wars have erupted in this region. One is the Palestinian nation's war for its freedom from occupation and for its right to independent statehood. Any decen...
Apr 4, 2002 / Amos Oz