WATCHING events unfold in Gaza this past week, I couldn’t help thinking again of Israel’s “disengagement” from the coastal enclave back in…

WATCHING events unfold in Gaza this past week, I couldn’t help thinking again of Israel’s “disengagement” from the coastal enclave back in…

WATCHING events unfold in Gaza this past week, I couldn’t help thinking again of Israel’s “disengagement” from the coastal enclave back in…

Mainstream coverage of the Israel-Hamas captives exchange exposes western media's enduring pro-Israel bias, as Israelis are humanised while Palestinians are erased from view

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I’M far from being an apologist for the US military. God knows I’ve seen enough of their handiwork up close in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

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I’M far from being an apologist for the US military. God knows I’ve seen enough of their handiwork up close in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

IT was last month that they all got together at the White House to discuss the “day after” plan.

The US president warned military leaders of a