No, non ero a Berlino il 9 novembre 1989. Mi aggiravo con un voluminoso fascio di quotidiani sotto il braccio nella facoltà di Scienze Politiche “Cesare Alfieri” dell’università di Firenze dove stavo facendo il mio dottorato in Storia delle relazioni internazional.i Era il 9 novembre, era lampante che fosse già allora una data della Storia,Continua […]

…and Mahienour al Masri, and Mohammed Aladdin, and… and… free all the political detainees and the human rights defenders in Egypt

With corruption indictments closing in, Netanyahu hopes his scorched earth campaign against Palestinians, whether in Gaza or in Israel, will give Israelis the sense that they live in a state of emergency and cannot afford change. By the time last week’s fighting was over, sparked by Israel’s assassination of Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza, over than 30 […]

Photojournalist Moath Amarnih was struck by a bullet that likely hit the leg of a protester before ricocheting and hitting him in the head while covering a protest in the occupied West Bank. A Palestinian journalist lost his eye after Israel Border Police officers opened fire at demonstrators in a village near Hebron in the occupied […]

The latest round of deadly violence in Gaza has already taken the lives of at least 34 Palestinians, including eight children. Meanwhile, in Israel’s southern towns, residents want stability — not more war. Israelis in the southern towns of Sderot, Ashdod, and Ashkelon are no longer interested in vengeance. Perhaps it’s their weariness and desperation, or […]