I first visited Lebanon in 1978, three years into the civil war and six years before Theodore Ell was born. I mention this because, despite the fact our experiences of this fascinating country were at different times, his impressions and judgements in his excellent new book Lebanon Days – which
Author: Ian Parmeter
Hamas leader’s killing in Tehran likely to escalate violence in Middle East
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Israel’s invasion of Rafah will not eliminate Hamas
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Israel-Gaza war: Why did the ceasefire negotiations collapse?
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looked exhausted at his media conference in Israel this week as he tried to remain optimistic about prospects for a truce in the Gaza war. Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comprehensively rejecting Hamas’s ceasefire counter-proposal, Blinken said it “creates space for an agreement to
Israel-Palestinian conflict: Is the two-state solution now dead?
The growing rift between the Biden administration and the Netanyahu government over Israel’s war in Gaza is now in the open, with public disagreement between them on the viability of a two-state solution to the conflict. US President Joe Biden literally embraced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu within days of Hamas’ horrific