Israel
Don't compare Israel to Hamas
No, not this time, Boris. The Prime Minister’s ‘both sides’ response to the terrorist attacks on Israel underscores how Western…
The battle the Israeli Defense Force can't win
The hostilities between Israel and Gaza caught Netanyahu’s government by surprise. What started as a local demonstration by Palestinians against…
What Europe can learn from Greece's alliance with Israel
In the 21st chapter of his magisterial 1948 history of the Second World War, Winston Churchill began with an arresting…
Can Iran help keep King Bibi in power?
Benjamin Netanyahu has a problem: he doesn’t have sufficient support to form a coalition. With 20 days left to complete…
Israel's shadow war with Iran explodes into 'nuclear terrorism'
If time flows at an even pace, then history does not. Joe Biden may still be new in the job,…
The West's shameful Iranian capitulation
On a sweltering day in July 2018, German police pulled over a scarlet Ford S-Max hire car that was travelling…
Can Boris beat the vaccine passport rebels?
No prime minister wants to be dependent on the opposition to get the government’s business through the House of Commons.…
Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?
Britain’s vaccine success was supposed to lead to freedom. What happened?
In Israel, vaccine passports are already redundant
Vaccine passports are already redundant in Israel
Don’t count Bibi out just yet
Elections are supposed to settle things. That’s the idea, at least. Politicians argue, take decisions and pursue the policies they…
Is time up for King Bibi?
In the run-up to its fourth election in two years, Israel is enjoying its vaccine success story. The number of…
The growing alliance between Central Europe and Israel
In 2018, the Czech President Miloš Zeman promised in a speech on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel…
Corruption affects everything in Palestine – even vaccines
Visit certain parts of the West Bank and you’ll encounter mansions owned by senior officials in the Palestinian Authority (PA).…
The moral debate over Covid jabs for children
The ethics of Covid jabs for children
Iranians don’t hate Israel
The decades since the Islamic revolution have weighed heavy on the people of Iran. Living in fear, under extreme levels…
Revealed: how Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The Mossad is not known for its touchy-feely approach. Whether it was the kidnap of Adolf Eichmann in the sixties,…
Are there any mountains left unclimbed?
Bad service Economic growth fell by 2.6% in November, the month of the second lockdown, compared with falls of 7.3%…
How effective has the Covid vaccine been in Israel?
The world’s eyes are on Israel at the moment, as the country continues its phenomenally fast roll-out of the Pfizer…
How Netanyahu exploits Israel’s vaccine success
The vaccine has arrived at just the right time for the Israeli PM
What Amnesty International gets wrong about Israel's vaccine programme
Israel’s remarkable vaccine rollout has been deservedly praised. But not everyone is full of goodwill. Depressingly and inevitably, commentators and human…
How Israel became a world leader in vaccination
On a cold night three days before the end of the 2020 I drove down to Jerusalem’s Pais Arena. The…
A Sudan-Israel peace deal could be Trump's crowning achievement
Twitter is not always kind to the Jewish state. But the peace accord between Israel, UAE and Bahrain that was…
Is AppleTV's Tehran the new Fauda?
If you love Fauda — and of course you do — you’re in for a long wait for season four,…
Pompeo: Biden will give ‘hundreds of billions of dollars to a theocratic, corrupt regime’
Washington DC Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that if Joe Biden wins the November elections, an incoming…
Does Trump deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?
Should Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? So far the President has notched up two nominations in a…
