Even the Arab League has refused to recognise a State of Palestine while Hamas is still in power – a clarity lost on the compromised leaders of the West. Israel urgently needs to improve its PR, says Clive Pinder.
When the Government stops listening, people stop obeying. That’s when the real trouble starts, warns Clive Pinder. The chasm between rulers and ruled means the quiet civil war has already started.
Scepticism is no longer a fringe reflex. It's a rational stance for anyone who's paying attention, says Clive Pinder. Nearly every pillar of public life has been exposed as contemptuous of the people it claims to serve.
The West’s Cold War-era doctrine of mutually assured destruction relied on rational actors. Iran is not rational, says Clive Pinder. It is eschatological. Islamism is not a deterrable enemy. It is a theological death cult.
