The Gaza prison
It’s easier to enter a maximum security prison than Gaza. Lord Patten argues that the world – starting with the US administration and the European Union – should tell Israel to take its boot off Gaza’s windpipe.
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Chris Patten
Sri Lanka’s Choice, and the World’s Responsibility
Pity the poor Sri Lankan voter. As presidential elections loom on Jan. 26, the public is faced with a choice between two candidates who openly accuse each other of war crimes.
Europe?s road to a new Jerusalem
The EU?s new policy statement on Israel and Palestine is pretty good. Now Europe needs to use it ? and the money poured into Palestine ? as the basis for real change.
Writing cheques for Gaza is easy. Politics is the tricky bit
Chris Patten argues it is time to question Europe’s historic role of financing the failure of policies laid down in Israel and the US
How Europe can respond to Obama
How will we react when Barack Obama asks us to put our unity, soldiers, money and resolve where our mouths have been?
Peace, or more Euro-squabbling?
The debate over the Lisbon treaty should focus more on what the treaty will mean for the EU’s work abroad
No way to treat a friend
Europe has just as much to lose as Turkey if the doubters prevail in the membership battle
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The Gaza prison
It’s easier to enter a maximum security prison than Gaza. Lord Patten argues that the world – starting with the US administration and the European Union – should tell Israel to take its boot off Gaza’s windpipe.
Sri Lanka’s Choice, and the World’s Responsibility
Pity the poor Sri Lankan voter. As presidential elections loom on Jan. 26, the public is faced with a choice between two candidates who openly accuse each other of war crimes.
Europe?s road to a new Jerusalem
The EU?s new policy statement on Israel and Palestine is pretty good. Now Europe needs to use it ? and the money poured into Palestine ? as the basis for real change.
Writing cheques for Gaza is easy. Politics is the tricky bit
Chris Patten argues it is time to question Europe’s historic role of financing the failure of policies laid down in Israel and the US
How Europe can respond to Obama
How will we react when Barack Obama asks us to put our unity, soldiers, money and resolve where our mouths have been?
Peace, or more Euro-squabbling?
The debate over the Lisbon treaty should focus more on what the treaty will mean for the EU’s work abroad
No way to treat a friend
Europe has just as much to lose as Turkey if the doubters prevail in the membership battle