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A mythical paradise lost
Sometimes a little distance is necessary to see something clearly, like finding the right spot when viewing a painting in a gallery.
Sep 18, 2025
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Gaza by numbers
One of my readers told me recently that he’d been asked by relatives to refrain from sending them The Kibbitzer. My views cause discomfort among those…
Sep 1, 2025
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Disaster Ethnic Cleansing
In her ground-breaking book The Shock Doctrine (2007), journalist and social activist Noami Klein argued that contemporary free-market capitalism has…
Aug 29, 2025
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Why I write
There was a period, almost 20 years ago, when I made a living as a freelance marketing writer.
Aug 27, 2025
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Bibi's power play
Though the Israeli government has decided that the army’s next major move will be to “take control” of Gaza City (trigger words like “occupy” and…
Aug 14, 2025
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Infighting as Gaza starves
Instead of responding to the world's outrage and doing its utmost to save starving civilians in Gaza, Israel has doubled down on its genocidal tactics.
Aug 6, 2025
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Tiptoing around Israel
President Macron of France is boldly committed to recognising a Palestinian state in September.
Jul 29, 2025
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Rules of engagement
Starvation is now the war crime du jour in Gaza.
Jul 27, 2025
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