El Nuevo Pantano (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
In the two decades after the end of the Second World War dozens of new states came into being in Africa, the Middle East and Asia as the old colonial powers lost the will and means to keep their empires intact. Another wave of state creation occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union in [...]
normblog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Reproducing an op-ed piece written by him for the Buenos Aires Herald, Eamonn McDonagh explains why 'there is nothing unique about either the circumstances of Israel's birth or its history', and extends congratulations on the country's 60th birthday. It's a...
The Marple Leaf (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
I'm travelling today - Bristol and back - so I've been reading a lot as well as trying to do some work on Virgin Cross Country Trains. There's a lot in the papers about the 60th anniversary of Israel. The best thing I've read is this: And yet, despite the hostility of so many, Israel at 60 thrives. It has absorbed huge numbers of immigrants from the Middle East and farther afield (indeed it has recently...
The New Centrist (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
I hope to write something when I can get away from grading papers. In the meantime have a look at these articles and posts: The Contentious Centrist, “Ahmadinejad Congratulates Israel on Her 60th Birthday.” CK at Jewlicious, “Israel at 60 Celebrations in Jerusalem.” Shlomo Avineri in Haartez, “The real Nakhba.” Efraim Karsh in Commentary, “1948, Israel and the Palestinians—the [...]
