Why the Gaza blockade?

The activists aboard the Gaza flotilla may believe they were forcing Israel to address a moral issue, but David Makovsky (writing in The Christian Science Monitor) says the situation is more complex.

Religious exchange

In Drancy, France, Hassen Chalghoumi tells Muslims, Christians and Jews that they aren't trapped in narrow cultural identities. He is the first imam to commemorate the Holocaust, to light candles at Hanukkah, and to bring Jewish leaders for Eid celebrations ... but the Gaza war has damaged his efforts at religious exchange.