“They’re starting to lose ... support by indiscriminate bombing that takes place.” – former President Joe Biden, December 2023.1 "It is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes." – former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, June 2025.2 "The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is, they have no … Continue reading Improbable witnesses on the annihilation of Gaza
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A Letter on the Gaza Peace Plan
29 September, 2025. There is little, one might have thought, that the rulers of the world could have done, to make themselves more odious to decent people. And yet, as ever, they have found a way: Sir Tony Blair, it is said, is in discussions to lead “a post-war transitional authority in Gaza”, named the … Continue reading A Letter on the Gaza Peace Plan
A Dialogue on Gaza
A: I understand that you wanted to put some questions to me regarding the atrocities that we see daily in the Gaza Strip, and the defences—the hideous defences—so often made by the venerable members of our political and media establishment. B: Yes—I thought that it would be useful for us to survey some of the … Continue reading A Dialogue on Gaza
Will Britain continue to grant Israeli officials impunity?
The visit of the Israeli Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi—the supreme commander of the occupation forces—to Britain last month, impels us to make a number of observations, none of which are favourable to the British Government. Halevi’s visit came mere days after the International Criminal Court’s issuance of arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli … Continue reading Will Britain continue to grant Israeli officials impunity?
The Coconut Trial
There are occasions when a single act of public authority suffices to expose our institutions as both cruel and absurd. The prosecution of Marieha Hussain, a teacher who was charged with a racially aggravated public order offence, for holding a placard, is one such instance; and though Ms Hussain has happily been acquitted, it is … Continue reading The Coconut Trial
Notes in the Margins of the Days 