The National Conversation

A 'coalition of war' in Israel is just more business as usual While Mr Netanyahu can no longer use the old excuse that he does not have the coalition to make peace, his recent political manoeuvres are based on a wily promotion of paralysis to avoid achieving it at all costs.Read article James Zogby

Emirati hiring freeze is a wake-up call, but not the solution A freeze in government employment would simply put the problem of Emiratisation on temporary hold rather than find a long-term solution for it.Read article Khalid Al Ameri

Britain's Olympic ambitions set sail against common sense Future Olympics should be awarded not to individual cities but, like the World Cup, to entire countries – spreading the responsibility, the cost and the opportunity to participate.Read article Michael Simkins