Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price | Jonathan Freedland
It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be…
The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial
Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal “Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential…
Against Trump’s new world order where war criminals walk free, Australia is proving no one is above the law | Geoffrey Robertson
Irrespective of the verdict, the prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith demonstrates that the legacy of Nuremberg is not dead Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with war crimes. Good for Australia, in…
New Zealand ‘comfort women’ statue could jeopardise diplomatic relations, Japan says
Planned statue symbolising the women forced by Japan into sexual slavery during the second world war has raised the ire of Tokyo’s embassy Diplomatic relations between Japan and New Zealand…
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair review – the TV magic they’ve created here is absolutely miraculous
This revival does the impossible: it’s effortlessly funny and refreshing, and Bryan Cranston’s performance is unmissable. They have to make more At this point, Bryan Cranston is firmly entrenched as…
Five Great Reads: Behind the sewage door, the Iran war’s biggest loser, and the case that stumped a London coroner
Get this in your inbox every weekend. Sign up for Five Great Reads here Good morning. This selection from around the Guardian has a tragic mystery, an underground door, two…
‘Butter Birkin’: popcorn plastic It bag in demand by Devil Wears Prada fans
Coveted £20 accessory to be marketed as part of sequel’s ticket deal – and is already being touted for resale from £130 In a recent trailer for the highly anticipated…
After three years, investigations and now a $4.4m lawsuit, Australia’s most controversial art exhibition finally opens
Ngura Puḻka at the National Gallery of Australia is a landmark exhibition of 30 paintings by Indigenous artists in the APY Arts Centre Collective, which was investigated over claims white…
Jane Caro: ‘I’ve been bullied by the wittiest men in Australia’
The writer and social commentator on privilege, anxiety and how we have let down public education Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Jane Caro is happy to call herself…
‘That’ll be the end’: actor Sam Neill joins fight to stop controversial goldmine near his New Zealand vineyard
Neill says ‘one of the most beautiful and remote places in the world’ will be permanently changed if Bendigo-Ophir wins fast-track approval The grapevines in Sam Neill’s vineyard in Central…