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Read more about the article Hate, war, politics and chess

Hate, war, politics and chess

Opinion by Greg Ray I stand with the victims of this and other wars and massacres. Whether they are Jewish, Muslim or of any other faith and irrespective of the colour of their skin or the language they speak, I wish with all my heart that their lives could be restored and made whole. I do not stand with terrorism and I will not stand with warmongers. I will not stand with Hamas and I will not stand with Israel's Netanyahu government. I stand with those who want peace and I salute those who, against the…

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Read more about the article The Nakba and the ghost of Yitzhak Rabin
Peter Lewis's response to the latest round of violence.

The Nakba and the ghost of Yitzhak Rabin

Opinion by Greg Ray. October 11, 2023 About the middle of last week, before the Hamas attack on Israel, I had a dream about Palestinians. This is unusual since I am by no means deeply invested in the Israel/Palestine issue, though I have often thought about it. In the dream I was in a park and a group of people I somehow knew were Palestinians (dreams are like that) were sitting at a picnic table and having a conversation. The people looked suspicious and unhappy. I thought I should go and talk to them because I…

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Why is war the answer to every question?

Humanity is confronting a global pandemic, climate change, horrendous inequality in resource allocation, pollution, an energy crisis and a massive wave of species extinction. Every alarm in the building is ringing. The clock says it’s a minute to midnight. Sick and frightened, we look to our governments and our leaders for help and guidance. And their answer is? War. War now, war tomorrow and more war after that. The Titanic is sinking, so let’s just fight over the deckchairs, shall we? Idiots. You could go out today and pick 50 random people from different countries around…

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