History of the Present

History of the Present

The Israel-Gaza tragedy and Europe's responsibility

Reflections on European double standards and German cognitive dissonance

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Timothy Garton Ash
Jun 09, 2025
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History of the Present (week ending 9 June 2025)

A 4-year old girl who apparently died due to malnutrition and lack of treatment during the war in Gaza. (UNRWA photo, under a Creative Commons licence)

What's happening in Gaza is a humanitarian and existential tragedy for the people living there, a moral and political disaster for Israel, the indirect, lon…

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