Luckless Gaza's Grim Prognosis

AT LEAST for now, the rocketeers of Gaza are winning - not militarily, but politically. Israel's decision to ease its recently intensified blockade of the narrow, coastal Palestinian enclave, which has been ruled by the extremist Hamas movement since last June, was sensible. However, it showed that the cynical Hamas tactic of encouraging Palestinian fighters to maintain a haphazard barrage of homemade missiles on nearby Israeli civilian targets has worked, prompting an all too typical, and ...

Upper Crust

A homemade pie is the ideal picnic centrepiece. It's tasty, portable and needs only a simple green salad to become a satisfying meal. By Karen Martini.