Great orators in history would not have been recognised as such if their words carried no value. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is neither a great orator, nor did his speech before a joint Congressional session on July 24 have actual worth.

 Targeting a school during a war could be justified or, at least, argued to have been a mistake.

Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative Party and the latter in the overpowering of the far right, by a largely leftist coalition.But these were not the only important outcomes of

Many political analysts believe that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is buying time in Gaza and Lebanon with the hope that Donald Trump returns to the White House, following the next November elections.Whether this is the case or not, Trump, this time around, is unlikel

Israel never learns from its mistakes.What Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to implement in Gaza is but a poor copy of previous strategies that were used in the past by other Israeli leaders.

“There will be no civil war” in Israel, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 18.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often criticised for failing to produce a vision for the “next day”, meaning the day following the end of the Gaza war.Some of these criticisms emanate from Israel’s traditional western allies, who are wary of Netanyahu’s personal and

On June 6, Spain joined South Africa’s case at the United Nations top court, accusing Israel of genocide.This move followed a decision by Madrid and two other western European capitals — Dublin and Oslo — to recognise the state of Palestine, thus breaking ranks with a long-establ

If one were to argue that a top Spanish government official would someday declare that “from the river to the sea, Palestine would be free”, the suggestion itself would have seemed ludicrous.But this is precisely how Yolanda Diaz, Spain’s deputy prime minister, concluded a statem