Opinion

War in Gaza is no excuse for settler violence

With attention focused on the war in Gaza, an escalation of violence in the West Bank is going largely unnoticed, although at least 147 Palestinians have been killed and 1,430 arrested in clashes with the Israeli security forces since the beginning of the war.However, there is also a worrying surge ...

Opinion

Move to oust Netanyahu from office begins

It is a mystery to many of those who have witnessed the complete collapse of Israel’s strategy toward Hamas that its architect, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is still in office and being allowed to conduct the war against the Palestinian Islamist organization.It is especially disturbing c...

Opinion

Israel-Gaza conflict: Israel must keep a political solution in mind

Almost 50 years to the day after Israel was caught totally unprepared by a coordinated Egyptian-Syrian attack and suffered immense casualties, followed by a decades-long trauma, something very similar happened in the early hours of last Saturday. Another disaster has struck, but this time it was an ...

Opinion

Are smartphones dumbing down education?

A recent report by UNESCO, titled “Technology in Education,” has warned about the potential pitfalls presented by the use of digital technology in the classroom. It reminded me of an experience I had when these gadgets first began to be used by students. During my Middle East politics cl...