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Why flash the bat at every ball?

‘WELL left’ is a term used in cricket when a batter judges the line and length of a potentially problematic ball correctly and, rather than taking the risk of playing…

The policies will continue

With Mr Trump’s election as US president, there is one big question right now about democracy and rule of law worldwide. Will they weaken? At first glance, the answer is…

American complicity in Gaza

“NO administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none,” remarked US President Joe Biden recently as Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza entered its second year, marking a…

Electoral meddling

“THE American people,” the US attorney general Merrick Garland declared recently, “are entitled to know when a foreign power engages in political activities or seeks to influence public discourse.” He…

The TikTok problem

TYPICALLY, you can’t get the red and blue tribes that make up the legislative branch of the American Empire to agree on anything at all, and so it came as…

If not now, when?

AMID all the horrors on show as a consequence of Israel’s explicit determination to pulverise the Gaza Strip, nothing is quite as soul-searing as the tiny white shrouds. In one…

Slow turn of the tide

WE can see genocide unfold on our phones; scenes of horror dominate our social media feeds as we see images of murdered children and entire families wiped out as Israel…

The best-laid plans

RECENTLY, Benjamin Netanyahu entered the US Congress like a conquering hero, garnering over 50 standing ovations in a 60-minute speech from fawning Congressmen and women clapping for their AIPAC dollars…

‘I am a Zionist’

How Biden’s bond with Israel shapes war policy When Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet during his visit to Israel, the US president assured…

Speed money

Speed money is exactly what it means - it speeds things along. In my management career, spanning 50 years, the most valuable lesson I learnt was from Agha Hasan Abedi.…