by Daniel Warner | 23 Jul 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Israel-Palestine, Middle East
It is difficult to undo almost eight decades of hostility. To understand what’s happening now in Gaza you have to go back to the creation of the Israeli state. The bodies of Palestinians who were killed while attempting to access aid trucks entering northern...
by Daniel Warner | 25 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, History, Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Politics, Russia, Ukraine
Israel strikes crowds at food distribution sites. Russia bombs cities in the Ukraine war. Can we not hold nations to account? A Palestinian man carries the body of his child who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 19...
by Deborah Charles | 18 Jun 2025 | Decoder Replay, Economy, History, Human Rights, Politics
Countries are increasingly using sanctions, including travel bans, to bring rogue players into line. But history tells us that they don’t really work. The Statue of Liberty holds a Do Not Enter sign.Illustration by News Decoder Editor’s note: On 16 June...
by Alistair Lyon | 6 Jun 2025 | Israel-Palestine, Middle East, Politics
Standing by while a whole people gets massacred doesn’t absolve countries of their responsibility in that. There is complicity in silence. A Palestinian woman holds the body of her 8-year-old daughter who was killed in an Israeli military strike on Gaza, at...
by Bernd Debusmann | 12 May 2025 | Decoders, Europe, History, Nationalism, Politics
For eons, European nations were at war with each other. The formation of the European Union was meant to change that. Isn’t that a good thing, Mr. President? A teacher stands before a map of Europe in a classroom. Illustration by News Decoder. This article was...