Hamas has no chance of finding a new home in Jordan
King Abdullah’s mission is to reassure Abu Mazen that Meshal’s visit is largely a gesture to Qatar. It is highly unlikely that Jordan will substantively change its policy and that Hamas will find a home in Amman
- 22 November 2011
BBC's 'Mixed up in the Middle East': a recipe that almost worked
'Mixed up in the Middle East' followed Reya El-Salahi through Israel and the Palestinian Territories. But how might her experiences have been different if her Palestinian hosts had known her mother is Jewish?
- 18 November 2011
Withdrawal from Iraq and the Arab uprisings, is this the final death blow for neoconservatism?
As political theories go, neoconservatism has proved remarkably versatile and it may be the case that it is able to reivent itself yet again
- 12 November 2011
All kinds of everything – the farce of the Irish Presidential election
To call a rabid, anti-West, terror-sympathising friend of tyrants, ‘Mr Safe Hands’ is tragically absurd, and insults the integrity of any thinking person.
- 3 November 2011
A vote for Palestinian statehood is a license for genocidal incitement.
The sobering truth is that no peace between Palestinians and Israel will be possible until the Palestinian infrastructure of hatred has been irrevocably dismantled.
- 3 November 2011
Mahmoud Abbas, the freed prisoners, and the peace process.
The least one should expect is that the Quartet and the UN body that will be considering the Palestinian application for statehood must demand that President Abbas denounce and actively suppress the current pervasive incitement to hatred and terror.
- 24 October 2011
Instant View: The lesson of the Shalit deal is that it is Israel not Gaza that remains under siege
The release of Gilad Shalit is a moment for celebration. But it is also a moment to ponder on the extraordinary circumstances of Israeli survival in a desperately hostile region
- 18 October 2011
Hamas values its terrorists: More than 1,000 of them for Gilad Shalit
Gilad Shalit's release will be a "victory for Israeli solidarity", but with around one-thousand terrorists heading the other way, at what cost?
- 12 October 2011
Recognising Abbas
As Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) addressed the United Nations, many observers remained suspicious of his planned unilateral declaration of Palestinian Arab statehood, but were not necessarily able to articulate why. Jonathan Neumann reviews reviews the basics.
- 26 September 2011
Palestinian leaders may be hoist with their own petard at the UN as they push for "statehood"
A meaningless recognition of a Palestinian State by the UN may exacerbate the disconnect between Palestinians and their own leadership, says a former UN official.
- 8 September 2011
Is the War on Terror winnable? Kind of...
We must alter our preconceptions about 'winning' the War on Terror. Jihadism won't give way easily, writes James Gourlay.
- 8 July 2011
7/7: Why are we already forgetting?
As six years passes since the July 7th bombings in London, why have the media and politicians been so quick to forget?
- 7 July 2011
Fifth Anniversary: Free Gilad Shalit
Five years ago, a French-Israeli soldier was taken hostage by the terrorist group Hamas. If peace talks are to progress, Gilad Shalit must be freed.
- 25 June 2011
Reckless Western anti-Zionism rebounds over Libya killings
Uproar over NATO’s accidental killing of civilians shows how short-sighted and damaging was Western fury at Israel’s operation in Gaza
- 20 June 2011
Israel-Palestine Poll: Commentator readers are with Netanyahu
Our latest poll on the Netanyahu-Obama sparring shows that the majority of our readers feel strongly in favour of Bibi.
- 11 June 2011
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