Show threadGeofCoxFeb 7, 2024

@linuxgnome @GeriatricGardener @harriettmb @guardian @UKLabour

I no longer bother to read #Freedland, #Toynbee, #Behr etc - not because I disagree with them, but because their analysis is always so piss poor - and also often almost entirely inside the Westminster bubble.

Having said that, I do look at The Guardian most days - it does have some brilliant regular columnists - George Monbiot, Aditya Chakrabortty, the absolutely brilliant Kenan Malik, etc - but moreover often features guest contributors that are not journalists, but real experts in their fields. This is where, for me, it wins out even over publications more aligned to my own views.

Laura Sykes #GreeneraliaOct 28, 2023

Looking for context in the #Gaza tragedy? Do read Jonathan #Freedland's #Guardian piece:

"This isn’t a contest of heroes & villains – but two peoples in deep pain..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/27/tragedy-israel-palestine-conflict-horror

"Because the late Israeli novelist & peace activist Amos Oz was never wiser than when he described the Israel/Palestine conflict as something infinitely more tragic: a clash of right v right. Two peoples with deep wounds, howling with grief, fated to share the same small piece of land."

The tragedy of the Israel-Palestine conflict is this: underneath all the horror is a clash of two just causes

This isn’t a contest of heroes and villains – but two peoples in deep pain, fated to share the same land, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian
David Colquhoun on BlueskyOct 27, 2023

Another excellent opinion from Jonathan #Freedland

".. this is not a football game. It has no need for spectators who root for one team against the other, goading their chosen side to go to ever further extremes. This is not a game, for one grimly obvious reason. There are no winners – only never-ending loss."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/27/tragedy-israel-palestine-conflict-horror

The tragedy of the Israel-Palestine conflict is this: underneath all the horror is a clash of two just causes

This isn’t a contest of heroes and villains – but two peoples in deep pain, fated to share the same land, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian