This business of keeping territory after winning it in war: where do we draw the line? Well, read Bret Stephens on the issue of Gibraltar, and it appears that no issue regarding territory taken in war is ever going to go to the UN for debate: not Gibraltar in Spain, not Tibet, not Ceuta and […]
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Brazening it out
This business of occupation and settlement isn’t all it appears to be. There’s a whole lot more to it that many countries, national leaders, religious movements and ethnic groups would prefer not to talk about – while they continue to point the finger of blame at the Jewish state of Israel. (With thanks to Yaakov […]
Put an end to the occupation
The sole cause of the ongoing conflict and the continuing inequalities in the Middle East is the occupation.The UN Human Rights Council’s occupation of the international community’s time, finances, manpower resources and media space. The UNHRC does not deal with the massacres of hundreds of thousands of black Africans in eastern Africa – because the […]