After 15 years of siege, the economy has collapsed in gaza. The infra structure has collapsed. And this has become a problem that no one wants to fix. Israel and egypt are quite happy with the status quo. A pelestinian authority, which governs the west bank, wants nothing to do with gaza. So in the short term, the cease fire is likely to hold. But inevitably, as we've seen time and again for the past 15 years, it will not hold forever.
A ceasefire is holding after a weekend of deadly strikes. We ask why Hamas, the Palestinian movement that controls Gaza,
did not get involved. As Generation Z tentatively enters the workforce, they are
clamouring for more flexibility and money than their forebears enjoyed. And reflecting on the flawed but brilliant poet Philip Larkin on the
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