A never-ending cycle of death
After fully occupying the West Bank and imposing a tight curfew on its population, Israel has expanded its war against the Palestinians to Gaza. Khaled Amayreh reports

Collective catastrophe
Nablus's 200,000 residents face humanitarian catastrophe, as Israel invades and strangulates the West Bank's largest town

Israel's Vietnam
Israel is intentionally destroying land cultivated by Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev to create new Jewish settlements, writes Jonathan Cook

Watering down Israel's crimes
Israel welcomed the UN report on Jenin because it denied there was a massacre, but ignored other accusations that its soldiers used indiscriminate force against Palestinians, writes Michael Jansen

Licence to strike
As the debate surrounding a possible US strike against Iraq intensifies, opponents are racing to prevent the foreseeable. Dina Ezzat reports

Free as a European
The Turkish parliament has adopted a set of sweeping democratic reforms considered vital for the country's bid to join the European Union, reports Gareth Jenkins from Ankara

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