http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/palestinians-only-arabs-on-mediterranean-not-to-enjoy-a-spring-16110219.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/palestinians-only-arabs-on-mediterranean-not-to-enjoy-a-spring-16110219.html?r=RSS <p> The Palestinians are not only, it seems, an &quot;invented people&quot; &ndash; courtesy of Newt Gingrich &ndash; but the only Arabs on the Mediterranean not to enjoy a Spring or an Awakening or even a Winter. </p> Robert Fisk Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:04 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/it-suits-israel-that-we-never-forget-nuclear-iran-16108995.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/it-suits-israel-that-we-never-forget-nuclear-iran-16108995.html?r=RSS <p> Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism &ndash; and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, protector and manipulator of World Terror, of Syria and Lebanon and Hamas and Hezbollah. </p> Robert Fisk Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:05:13 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-heroic-tale-of-sacrifice-amid-arabias-killing-fields-16107303.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/a-heroic-tale-of-sacrifice-amid-arabias-killing-fields-16107303.html?r=RSS I don't know if I met Tom Hurndall. He was one of a bunch of 'human shields' who turned up in Baghdad just before the Anglo-American invasion in 2003, the kind of folk we professional reporters make fun of. Tree huggers, that kind of thing. Robert Fisk Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/poverty-is-main-culprit-as-19-die-in-beirut-slum-tragedy-16104669.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/poverty-is-main-culprit-as-19-die-in-beirut-slum-tragedy-16104669.html?r=RSS <p> Usually it's Cairo, this time it was Beirut, but it was a familiar story. </p> Robert Fisk Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:53:35 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/the-invented-people-stand-little-chance-16103598.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/robert-fisk/the-invented-people-stand-little-chance-16103598.html?r=RSS <p> Thank goodness we don't have to hear Newt Gingrich for a while. </p> Robert Fisk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:30:55 +0000