It is nigh-on impossible to meet both Israeli security demands and Palestinian requirements for minimal ‘sovereignty’, says writer Ahmad Samih Khalidi

We know from history that it is crucial to warn of the potential for genocide before it occurs, rather than belatedly condemn it after it has taken place. I think we still have that time.

However the conflict ends, with or without Hamas in power (and I bet on the former), Israel won’t be able to avoid...

I   They made the desert bloom, tall sparkling towers and clean Bauhaus lines, and apple-ring acacias, and teal blue shuttle buses, and stock exchanges, and theme parks, and for some it was the best time ever and for others it was just fine. ‘Three decades ago, the site of…