BY JOHN MUSGRAVE ‘Eh, Yohnnie, you know the British Embassy in Tel Aviv has advised you must to leave,’ said Tamir, down at the fish farm. I’d been working there since January 1891. ‘Ha staphon,’ (the north) he said, nodding towards Lebanon. We were tugging at a fish net so huge it might once have seen service on a tennis court. Columns of tanks droned as they … Continue reading Gone Fishing
BY PAUL T HORGAN Israel would cancel the blockade as soon as Hamas returns the hostages that this terrorist organisation has taken. Egypt’s participation in the blockade of Gaza is not due to pressure from Israel but because there is no love lost between Cairo and Gaza, despite ethnic affinities. Egypt has her own Islamist problem and does not want to add to it. There … Continue reading A Tragedy of Their Own Making
