Great carlstrom is a middle east correspondent for the economist. This one ranks on the smaller and shorter side, but still had deadly consequences. There were forty four people killed in gaza, according to the pelestinian health ministry. Two of them were islamic jehad commanders. The original rational for this israel saying it was a preemptive strike against the group. Also among the dead were 15 children, some as young as five years old.
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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