Want to know more about Hamas? Will it outgrow its bloody birth-pangs and become a reputable expression of Palestinian identity in a very troubled part of the Middle East? Read my detailed assessment of Hamas –Unwritten Chapters, published in 2007 by leading Hamas activist Azzam Tamimi, and learn about its real agenda.
The West should have seen Putin coming – but failed to decode what his propaganda machine was telling us. This article, written before the fatal missile attack on a Malaysian airliner in July 2014, sets out clearly the game the Russian president is playing, and how ineffective the West has been in dealing with it. Putin may not have ordered the attack but he controls the chess pieces on the board.