Not all’s fair: Israel and accountability
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
We take an expansive look at how much the Israeli justice system is holding its war machine to account. The results are so far unpromising. The idea, popular on social media, of “job-hopping” to ratchet up pay is looking ever less wise. And a look back on the life of Father Patrick Ryan, unrepentant improver of the IRA’s bombs.
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