A Historian in Gaza

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1. Saudi Arabia: Bandar goes
   

   The removal of Prince Bandar bin Sultan from the post of head of general intelligence, which we mentioned briefly yesterday 16 April, is an important test of the direction of Saudi policy. Bandar, with his Bush boys cigar-smoking image, his talk of a "major shift" in Saudi Arabia's relations with America and his crude attempt to buy a change in Russia's support of Syria, seemed to personify the new style of Saudi policy, brash to the point of incoherence, so different from the Sphinx-like Saudi tradition....

2. Gaza and the war in Syria
   

   Summary: last week, we looked at current theatres of war in Sudan, Libya and Yemen. Now, as the Gaza war rages on, we turn to Syria....

3. Europe’s response to the Israel-Gaza war
   

   Summary: Europe and the EU’s response to the Gaza war displays deep splits and layers of contradictions that are reinforcing the conviction among non-western populations and their leaders that a racist double-standard is at play....

4. Saudi Arabia: demonstrations flop, arrests continue
   

   Summary: the 15 September protest failed. Another planned for the National Day on 23 September. 20 or 30 political arrests....