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Citizen journalists
GAZA: Sheikh Jarrah describes how the Israeli authorities subsequently sought to silence the journalists. Here is a topical book - in connection with the murdered journalists in Gaza. The democratic function of the media is not always so democratic.
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The military ambitions of oil states
WEAPONS: There are a number of developments in the three oil states of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, which Jean-Loup Samaan explores in his latest book. These are the three oil states that account for 17 percent of all arms purchases worldwide. Saudi Arabia wants to become a nuclear power in order to stand up…
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It is not possible to wipe out Hamas
HAMAS: Leila Seurat provides a good basis for understanding what went wrong on 7 October, when Hamas made a drastic change of course. The purpose of it all was to put the Palestinian cause back on the global agenda, and it has largely succeeded.
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Innocence has died
ISRAEL: Militarisation and its impact on young Israelis forced to serve against their own identity and values.
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Two Tel Aviv schools in deep conflict
ISRAEL: A new Tel Aviv school brings together diverse students but displaces a religious school as it faces gentrification and integration challenges.
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To be a stranger in one’s own town
IRAQ: The Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written an excellent book that dispels the typical view of a sectarian and divided society as the main cause of Iraq's long and continuing tragedy.
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When the world is really on fire
EU: Europe never became an adult or responsible player in a multipolar world. A common foreign and security policy has never gone beyond the sketch. Will it happen now?
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Life is cheaper in the camp
ISRAEL: On average, two kids a day are arrested somewhere in the occupied territories.
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South Lebanon as a lifelong trauma of silence
LEBANON: Young Norwegian soldiers sent to into Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon received little recognition for their work and PTSD from a conflict they didn't quite understand.