Affairs / Urbanism
Africa/Middle East Briefing
Benjamin Netanyahu's motorcade and urban regeneration in Mecca.
Benjamin Netanyahu's motorcade and urban regeneration in Mecca.
Tuesday 24 May
The two-state solution has long been accepted as the goal of any Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees. What appears to be less clear is in which of the two states Palest…
Monday 12 October
The most recognisable face these days in Israel is that of a missing person.
Wednesday 9 November
The open mic gaffe is a phenomenon far less interesting than the reaction to it.
Monday 6 December
An unprecedented ferocious wildfire – causing death, destruction and heavy losses – was raging since Thursday morning through Mount Carmel in northern Israel, threatening to reach the southern outskirts of the country’s…
Tuesday 11 May
It is not every day that some of Israel’s harshest critics raise their hands in favour of the Jewish State.
Wednesday 14 September
Not many champagne corks will be popping in Israel later this month, if and when the Palestinians bring their bid for independence before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Saturday 14 November
Since the formation of a new government last Monday, the political game in Lebanon has hit fast-forward.
Diamond cutting in Israel, olive oil farming in Croatia and the business of making Japan cool.
We give Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni the once over for this issue's Style Leader, plus Uganda's police chief goes on a "fat attack".
Wednesday 17 August
It started with an ordinarily looking Facebook page, advocating a boycott of a common Israeli cottage cheese for its costly price (£1.50 for 250g).
The Palestinians have unique assets and the potential to build a strong economy. But most of them live in dire poverty and increasingly people are asking, wouldn’t the chances of peace be greater if the Palestinians were…
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