The complicated legacy of Hassan Nasrallah in the Middle East
WEB18 hours ago · By Shiraz Maher. “The master of the resistance, the righteous servant, has passed away,” read the official announcement from Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed militant group, confirming the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by an Israeli airstrike on 27 September. Although supporters of the group are mourning his ...
US election 2024: why the polls might get it right this time
WEB3 days ago · By Ben Walker. In the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the polls got a lot wrong. They were particularly wrong when it came to states where white voters without a college education were a dominant electoral force. In Michigan, for example, the polls said Clinton would win by four points. Instead, Trump won by two points.
The intolerant age - New Statesman
WEB5 days ago · Edward Skidelsky, a senior lecturer in philosophy at Exeter, launched the Committee for Academic Freedom in February 2024. He was alerted to a new censoriousness in 2019, when a student told him about an incident: “He had been on his own in his room talking on the phone to a friend, in the course of which he had said….
Starmer is making Britain a global leader again - New Statesman
WEB3 days ago · At the UN General Assembly yesterday, Keir Starmer delivered a clear and unambiguous message: Britain is ready to work as an equal partner with other countries to deal with global warming, war and the threat to the rule of international law. He was there to combat the “fatalism” he fears now grips the international community.
Can all-out war in the Middle East be prevented? - New Statesman
WEB4 days ago · The situation has escalated quickly since last week’s remarkable story of exploding Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies. Rocket fire between the two sides has intensified, with fears that Israel is preparing for a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, moving the situation one step closer to “all-out war” in the Middle East.
Lebanon braces itself for what comes next - New Statesman
WEB4 days ago · Monday was Lebanon’s deadliest day in nearly two decades. Lebanese authorities said the Israeli strikes killed at least 569 people, including 50 children, and injured 1,835. The number killed in one day was almost half of those killed in the entire 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. “The past two days were harder than …
The Middle East on the brink - New Statesman
WEB5 days ago · On 21 August the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced that it had completed its operations in Rafah, the last remaining Hamas stronghold. The army began to move from the southern to the northern front. One option was to test Hezbollah’s claim that it would follow a ceasefire in Gaza with one of its own.