Jonathan Freedland

Capitalism alone won't save th

With air strikes on Somalia and a surge in troops in Iraq, he is staking everything on a finale he can call victory

Gentle regulation will simply not suffice for a problem this big. Governments must act - swiftly and substantially

One American expression has no equivalent in British English. "Is this a great country or what?" Americans will say to themselves, sometimes ironically, but usually as an expression of open-faced wonder and gratitude at the splendour of their native land.

In the US the latest leaked memos are seen as a smoking gun on Iraq, but in Britain we are struggling to keep up

A staple of the 1950s B-movie was the scene in which a throng of people suddenly froze, halted by a blinding light or a piercing noise. Yesterday there was no dazzling flash, no alien siren, just an announcement over the Tannoy.

Once it looked like an aberration. Now it is an era. George W Bush's tenure of the White House was born in 2000 to an electoral quirk, the fruit of a Florida fiasco, the arcane algebra of the US electoral system, and a split decision of the supreme court.

Young and impeccably Blairite, the MP chatting with his chums last week in Brighton had a warning. "Iraq mustn't become our Europe," he said. He meant that the war must not split Labour the way the European question had sundered the Tories. But there was another meaning, too.

The Consequences of Iraq Could still Break Blair and Bush, and Change Forever the Way our World is Ordered

Before the War, President Bush Told us Iraq Was a Throbbing Hub of Terror. It Wasn't, of Course. But it is Now

All an attack on Iraq will do is fan the flames of terrorism. It's time for the anti-war camp to act decisively

Britanya baş hahamı Jonathan Sacks, İsrail'e karşı benzeri görülmemiş sertlikte bir uyarıda bulundu. Ülkenin, Yahudiliğin (Judaism) en derin idealleri ile "bağdaşmaz" bir tutum içine girdiğini, Filistinlilerle bugünkü çatışmanın da İsrail kültürünü "çürüttüğünü" ileri sürdü.

Guardian interview will shock Jewish community

Suddenly, corporate fraud and the the stock market collapse have made US Republicans look vulnerable

Sacking two translators because they are Israeli is not just morally wrong, it is tactically absurd

Bush's fantasy Middle East plan is bound to fail. It will strengthen those who want war, not peace

The dream of replacing Arafat with compliant local warlords is gaining ground in Israel - but it will fail

As the Afghan war reaches a climax, questions about the slaughter of prisoners cannot be brushed aside

Inside the White House the president is pacing, demanding his late-night fix of apples and peanut butter.

Just days into this conflict, a dread thought surfaces: what if Osama bin Laden is winning this war? The television pictures tell the opposite story. He is the frail man relying on a stick, hunted quarry chased into a cave.