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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Mea Culpa: Why Europe's Recalibrating On Palestine
Mea Culpa: Why Europe's Recalibrating On Palestine Rashmee Roshan Lall Aug 14, 2025, 21:51 IST Israel's oldest allies in Europe are shifting course. France & Britain, who birthed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now lead Western nations to pledge recognition of Palestinian statehood – isolating US It's a measure of the depths of horror evoked by images and accounts from Gaza that even colonialists of yesteryears seem seized by an attack of conscience. Or karma? With Israel promising to take over Gaza City, even Germany announced a break with the country for which it has always felt a special responsibility due to the Holocaust. Chancellor Merz promised to suspend arms exports that Israel could use in Gaza. Germany is Israel's biggest supplier of arms after US – this would be Berlin's first punitive measure against a country it has unwaveringly supported.
Time of India
28-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Global disorder: No rules, all war
Rashmee Roshan Lall is based in London and writes on international affairs From Iran to Gaza to Ukraine, a pattern of unchecked conflict is bypassing law and diplomacy, taking the world towards a dangerous new normal Someone recently likened the current condition of our bombed and bloodied world to the 'Warring States period', a centuries-long era in ancient China that was marked by the brutal logic of zero-sum politics and unremitting violence. The term may be an eminently good fit. 'Wars happen because the ones who start them think they can win,' Margaret Atwood wrote 30 years ago, in her bleak, beautiful poem The Loneliness of the Military Historian. Read the full story on the TOI+. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
