Palestine

It’s 8.30pm, and I have just returned from lunch…

Ten days into the Tahdiya, or ‘Calm’ between Hamas and Israel,we haven’t seen anything change here inside Gaza…

The Arabic word tahdiya means ‘calming’ or ‘quieting.’ Hamas and theGovernment of Israel agreed to a six month tahdiya a few days ago, justafter the first anniversary of the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip.Hostilities on both sides would cease, and the Israeli siege of Gazawould gradually ease…

During the six months I’ve been in Gaza, there have been threeseparate threats to kidnap foreigners who work here…

This week marks a year since Hamas bludgeoned their way to power inGaza…

If peace had a personality, what would it be?...Have you ever wondered why war, not peace, is higher on societies' agenda? Peopleseem more preoccupied with stopping war than building peace…

Most of the bad news you hear about Gaza is true…

This program hits the airwaves at the start of Ramadan - the most significant month of the Islamic year: a month in which fasting features…

Cotton pickinFresh from an assignment in India, New Internationalist co-editor Richard Swift joins the radio team to pick the issues from the worlds cotton fields…

Jordan…