Extremist movements and parties tend to disguise their true colours. The English Defence League, notorious for its racism, calls itself a ‘Human Rights' Organisation. Dutch politician Geert Wilders, bent on banning the Quran, mosques and (...)
When a car bomb detonated in the Christian quarter Ashrafieh in East Beirut I was only half a mile away. I heard the blast, saw the dark cloud and witnessed the destruction at Sassine square half an hour later. The target was not the Christian (...)
This Friday, 193 UN member states will get the chance to vote for the accession of a new member to the United Nations: Palestine.
Looking at the map of countries that recognize the state of Palestine, it becomes evident that only Western Europe (...)