Hamas
A helpful suggestion for Taylor Swift’s boyfriends
Sir Mark Rowley should not resign. We must try to break our habit of getting rid of each Metropolitan Police…
We’re better off with Hamas in Qatar, than out
The news that Qatar is ‘re-evaluating’ its role as mediator in the ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, amid claims by the…
A new survey that may be of interest
My favourite opinion polls are those which elicit enormous shock in the population for stating something everybody knew for ages,…
It will be difficult for Israel to ignore this ICJ ruling
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. Its decision…
Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly seen as Israel’s curse
Jerusalem On Tuesday, I was driving down to an Israeli army headquarters on the border with Gaza as…
What did Hamas think was going to happen?
Much misfortune the woebegone couldn’t have seen coming: a raging fire in the house next door that spreads to yours.…
What Hamas promised to its electorate
Things you do not hear very often, number one: a pro-Palestinian protestor denouncing Hamas for the barbarity of its incursion…
Why I don’t trust the BBC’s Trusted News Initiative
You almost certainly haven’t heard of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), although you probably should have. It’s a BBC-led consortium…
Keep your politics à la carte
It’s a truism that the Anglosphere has developed a ‘tribalism’ that rivals the divisions between the Kikuyu and Luhya in…
Joe Biden’s Middle East diplomacy is a wreck
Joe Biden prides himself on his decades of foreign-policy experience, his ability to talk tough yet be kind, and his…
An Israeli ground assault would be devastating for Gaza
On a patch of scrubland outside the Zikim kibbutz earlier this week, I came across a platoon of Merkava 4…
What Iran gains from the conflict in Israel
What Iran gains from provoking Israel
Five of the worst responses to the Hamas attacks on Israel
Tragedies are often the moment when statesmen are at their best. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen from the response to yesterday’s…
The problem with the New York Times’ Gaza coverage
While war raged between Israel and Gaza, the New York Times published a powerful montage of 64 minors said to…
How London became a hub for Hamas
As the dust settles over Gaza, and Israel’s Iron Dome sensors cool, minds inevitably turn to the lessons that can…
Inside Hamas's tunnel complex
In the wake of its ceasefire agreement with Israel, Hamas has again attempted to paint itself as a struggling resistance…
Hamas doesn't want a Palestinian state
Do Hamas’s supporters in the West know what this organisation really stands for? The reality is that Hamas is no…
How Israel won the war
Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister, once said that when forced to choose between being ‘dead and pitied’ or…
What's the real reason so many people hate Israel?
Did you know that for the past three weeks Turkey has been engaged in a military assault on Iraqi Kurdistan?…
