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Ancient and modern

Roman emperors understood more about democracy than Hamas

What responsibility do Gaza's rulers feel for its people? Very little, it seems

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

9 August 2014

9:00 AM

There must be some reason why Hamas seems to remain quite unfazed by Israel’s merciless slaughter of its people. Perhaps it is all part of a grand strategy.

The point about Greek democracy is that its purpose was to enable internal disputes to be settled peaceably, by argument and not recourse to arms, and for the most part that is what happened.

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