The Israel Lobby

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, 23 March 2006

... discriminatory’ manner towards them. Its democratic status is also undermined by its refusal to grant the Palestinians a viable state of their own or full political rights. A third justification is the history of Jewish suffering in the Christian West, especially during the Holocaust. Because Jews were persecuted for centuries and could feel safe only in a ...

The Uncommon Reader

Alan Bennett, 8 March 2007

... and wheelchairs. Wave, for God’s sake.’ When they arrived at the palace she had a word with Grant, the young footman in charge, who said it was security and that while maam had been in the Lords the sniffer dogs had been round and security had confiscated the book. He thought it had probably been exploded. ‘Exploded?’ said the Queen. ‘But it was ...

The Tower

Andrew O’Hagan, 7 June 2018

... sort of help. David and Sally did a lot of running around – for instance, getting a government grant and a laptop for a family in hospital, doing lots of practical arranging, shopping, replacing lost items, and getting items to hotels. ‘But there was a narrative forming,’ Sally said. ‘It was becoming more and more narrow, with no real room for ...