Have we as a civilization now perhaps met ourselves at the door?

ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Francesca Albanese explains that Israel cannot invoke the right of self-defense in response to attacks by groups emanating from the occupied territory. That does not mean that the country does not have the right to protect its citizens and respond to Hamas's crimes – but not with war.

WAR: Author Ketil Bjørnstad's chronicle that the war in Ukraine will get out of control has been met with criticism. Referring to Stefan Zweig, Bjørnstad asked if the war is worth the murders, bombs, mutilations and suffering. The author of this essay believes, like Bjørnstad, that there is little evidence that Zweig abandoned his pacifist position.

PALESTINE/ISRAEL:What is it like to be the UN's special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories? After the launch of the Italian book J'accuse, we spoke to Francesca Albanese – about Israel's war against Gaza, genocide, anti-Semitism and impunity, based on her specialization in international law. She talks about political, legal, psychological and epistemic violence resulting from how Israel, with the consent of the West, has oppressed the Palestinians for decades. (And what about the Oslo agreement, see the sub-section.)

ISRAEL/PALESTINE:As Atef Abu Saif writes in his new book, the Palestinians are more afraid of disappearing than of dying. He is one of the most important contemporary Arab writers, and was for a long time Minister of Culture in the Palestinian Authority.