Editorial

• Peace on Earth?

Covers

• Front cover image:  Afghan mother waiting for help from Medecins sans Frontieres
• Back cover image:  The Shepherds Visit the Newborn Jesus by Rembrandt

Articles

• Prospects for Peace in Iraq by Mike Phipps
• Peace in Afghanistan? by Gabriel Carlyle
• Israel/Palestine: Is it Now or Never? by Tony Klug
• Nuclear Weapons – A Dying Religion by Bruce Kent

Poetry

• The New Temple by Muhammed Iqbal, introduced by Mohammad Talib
• Galaxy of Days by Daphne GloagLeonel Rugama

Reviews

• David Paterson reviews Give a Boy a Gun by Alistair Liddle with Ruth Scott
• Michael Morton reviews a book and a pamphlet about Israel/Palestine: A Time to Speak Out by Anne Karpf and others (ed); Visions of the Endgame by Tony Klug
• Mary Michaels reviews the poetry of Phil Poole
• How It is. Cicely Herbert visits Miroslaw Balka’s Installation at the Tate Modern, London

Regulars and Occasionals

• Letters
• Cartoon by Josh
• SOF Sift by Richard Wood Penn
• Radio Rockall
• SOF Sermon by Stephen Mitchell
• Mayday Notes