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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Why Israel Struck Iran First
The Israeli American writer Yossi Klein Halevi is vehemently opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu, but he makes a case for why Netanyahu was right to start a war, whatever the consequences.
Books
How the I.R.A. Almost Blew Up the British Government
Four decades ago, a hotel bomb nearly claimed the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her ministers. Can we still feel the aftershocks?
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
A Reporter at Large
Murder in Malta
After a journalist was assassinated, her sons found clues in her unfinished work that cracked the case and brought down the government.
By Ben Taub
Books
America’s War on Syrian Civilians
Bombs killed thousands of civilians in Raqqa, and the city was decimated. U.S. lawyers insist that war crimes weren’t committed, but it’s time to look honestly at the devastation that accompanies “targeted” air strikes.
By Anand Gopal
Dispatch
At St. Sebastian’s Church, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, After the Massacre
Priests and nuns stood quietly watching as masked men wearing gloves up to their elbows performed grisly recovery work in the churchyard.
By Tim Johnson
Comment
Reigns of Terror in America
From a 1958 synagogue bombing in Atlanta to the events of recent weeks, the bloody-mindedness of broken men can be countered only by principle and fortitude.
By Jill Lepore
As Told To
A Kurdish Family in Syria, Feeling Betrayed by the U.S., Tries to Survive a Turkish Bombing
By Charles Bethea
News Desk
Where Is the Empathy for Somalia?
After a devastating bombing, Somalis watched with a familiar disappointment as details of the attack failed to headline broadcast news or resonate on social media.
By Alexis Okeowo