Jewish Critic of Israel Chosen to Speak at Frankfurt's Kristallnacht Commemoration
Updated | Tuesday 2:48 p.m. Reports on German news sites indicate that the Kristallnacht memorial in Frankfurt passed off without incident on Tuesday evening. A photograph of the event on the Web site of Süddeutschen Zeitung showed the keynote speaker, Alfred Grosser, and Dieter Graumann, a leader of Germany’s Jewish community, smiling together. Original Post: An Israeli diplomat in Germany condem
Location, location and how the West was won
On his current visit to Beijing, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said China will soon reclaim its position as the world's biggest economy - a role it has held for 18 of the past 20 centuries. But how did the US, Britain and the rest of Europe interrupt this reign of supremacy? It comes down to location.
Waterboarding is torture, Downing Street confirms | World news | guardian.co.uk
Downing Street today dismissed George Bush's claim that waterboarding is not torture after the former president used his memoirs to play down the brutality of the interrogation technique and claimed that it saved British lives. Waterboarding, which was banned by President Barack Obama, helped foil attacks on Heathrow airport, Canary Wharf and a number of US targets around the world, according to B
Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in West Bank settlement risks US anger
Israel today risked provoking fresh US anger when a plan to build 800 homes in the West Bank settlement of Ariel was disclosed hours after the Obama administration expressed "deep disappointment" at approval for more than 1,300 Jewish homes in East Jerusalem. The plan for the homes, in an area of Ariel close to the Palestinian town of Salfit, was reported to be at an advanced stage, needing only t
British troops may face Iraq war crimes trial
British troops leave Basra in September 2007 after the handover to Iraqi troops. British personnel may face a trial for alleged war crimes during their stint in the southern city. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images British troops leave Basra in September 2007 after the handover to Iraqi troops. British personnel may face a trial for alleged war crimes during their stint in the southern city. Photogr
My family, the enemy
Back when peace did not seem such an impossibility, it was fashionable to cast the Middle East conflict as a family feud. Jews and Arabs were held to be if not brothers then long-lost cousins – the descendants, of Isaac and Ishmael, perhaps, or of Jacob and Esau – who would one day end their estrangement in an embrace. After the collapse of the Oslo peace process, a second intifada and a lethal mi
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