On Tuesday of this week Tony Blair announced that May 5, 2005 would be the date of the British General Election. As a liberal Englishman and a traditional Labour voter, this puts me in something of a quandary. Read more...

Disengagement is neither a complete nor perfect solution. It is immensely painful for Israeli settlers being forced to leave their homes. It leaves Gaza without adequate economic infrastructure. Read more...

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It’s 1994 all over again; Camp David was a joke, and Sharm el-Sheikh was the stage for the new theatrical masterpiece, “Sharon, Man of Peace.” How can the new disengagement plan be a lasting solution to the Palestinian crisis when it doesn’t address any of the main causes of the crisis? Read more...

Cinnabon, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, Burger King “”mdash; they were all there. How strange, I thought. Here I stand, in the middle of Amman, Jordan, in the curtly named “Mecca Mall,” and yet I couldn’t be closer to home. Read more...

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Jewish, Muslim circumcisions more humane Lara Loewenstein wrongly contends that Jewish and Muslim ritual male circumcisions are tantamount to African tribal female circumcisions, saying both exemplify dreadful genital manipulations (“Cut circumcision out of the American culture,” April 4). Read more...