UNRWA- A thorough analysis

HENRY ERGASCut funding for good to end radical UN agency 5:00AM FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Although fifteen Western countries have suspended their funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, the risk is that the agency will, after a few cosmetic changes, survive this crisis unscathed, as it has so many in … Continue reading UNRWA- A thorough analysis

AFTER SO MANY REJECTIONS, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION LOOKS DEAD

GREG SHERIDAN Can there ever be peace between Israel and the Palestinians? If history is a guide, the answer is no. But we are right to believe in miracles. The Israeli government has only weeks to finish, or at least changefundamentally, its operation to destroy the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.International pressure on Israel is … Continue reading AFTER SO MANY REJECTIONS, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION LOOKS DEAD

Open Letter an Exercise in Distorting History

HENRY ERGAS (From The Australian, 1st December,2023) Late last week, a “Letter from journalists to Australian media outlets”urged newsrooms to “adhere to truth” rather than “bothsidesism”, including by “providing historical context” in reporting on the Middle East. As a prime example of the “important contextual references” which “it is the media’s responsibility” to provide, the … Continue reading Open Letter an Exercise in Distorting History