The long shadow: inside the 27 September Guardian Weekly
By Neil Willis,
23 days ago
The cover of the 27 September edition of the Guardian Weekly. Photograph: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty; Guardian Design
In the space of a few days, the focus of Israeli military operations appears to have shifted decisively from Gaza in the south to Lebanon in the north.
A dizzying escalation between Israel and Hezbollah began last week with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies and culminated in a ferocious Israeli bombardment of alleged Hezbollah military targets, killing hundreds of people.
With Iran’s support, the Lebanon-based Shia militia has conducted a background conflict with Israel since the 1980s. Is this the intensification that finally signals all-out war?
International security correspondent Jason Burke reflects on a crisis shaped by 40 years of shadow sparring, while defence and security editor Dan Sabbagh says it’s difficult to see who would emerge victorious from a ground war – but neither side appears willing to back down.
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In a fascinating feature for the Observer, Amelia Abraham looked at the rise of “divorce regret” . Almost half of marriages in the UK end in divorce, but between 10 and 15% of couples reconcile after they separate and about 6% of couples marry each other once again. Abraham spoke to couples who have reunited. As one interviewee told her, having remarried following a five-year break in his relationship: “After time apart, it felt as if we were marrying more as the people we actually are, rather than the people we thought we should be.”
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