October 2011
3 posts
Gilad Shalit and the Military Reality of Imbalance
On the 18th October 2011, Gilad Shalit was freed by Hamas militants into the custody of Egypt and from there flown by helicopter home to Israel, back into the arms of family and friends who had not seen him for five years. In return 1,027 Palestinian’s are to be returned home.
In most scenarios a trade of such imbalance would seem almost preposterous to any other nation. That is unless the captive...
The Re-Birth Of A Liberal World
History is a constant repetition of peaks and troughs, like a double helix raising and falling over time. It used to be that we measured these peaks by emperors and kingdoms, with the interceptions of the lines being marked by wars and invasions.
Of course these lines do not run symmetrically but alter, with every interception forever changing the paths of those that follow and with the end...
David Milliband: Remembering Gaza
In an article for Project Syndicate, former Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote about the need for more international involvement in Gaze and the need to allow the people of Gaza to make their own future. He places the ability to achieve this squarely with Israel yet praises organisations such as Save The Children and The Qattan Center for the Child for their dedication to the alarmingly high...
