October 2: Everyone in Rafah is dreading a call from Abu Nimr. It could come at any time but it normally means the receiver has 30 minutes to evacuate his house before it is blown up.
September 29: A bomb exploded inside a car in the Israeli city of Rishon Letzion today, killing the vehicle's driver.
September 29: NatWest has lost the first battle in a court case brought by families of victims of suicide bombings in Israel seeking damages in the US courts after allegations that the British bank knowingly provided services to a charity linked to Hamas.
March 28, Billy Bragg: Rachel Corrie went to Gaza to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians, whose voice is seldom heard in her country, the US. I wrote the song featured in this article on a plane on March 20 and recorded at Big Sky Recordings, Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 22.
The tune is borrowed from Bob Dylan.
February 7: During the second world war the future South African prime minister John Vorster was interned as a Nazi sympathiser. Three decades later he was being feted in Jerusalem.
In the second part of his remarkable special report, Chris McGreal investigates the clandestine alliance between Israel and the apartheid regime, cemented with the ultimate gift of friendship - A-bomb technology.
February 8: This week's Guardian report on the parallels between Israel and South African apartheid was muddled and disappointing, argues Benjamin Pogrund.
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