Douglas Davis is a former senior editor of the Jerusalem Post.
Hawking hatred
Could a man of such prodigious intellectual talent as Stephen Hawking really be so wrong? Of course he could
- 21 May 2013
Riding the tiger
If Europe's leaders gambled that appeasement would buy them a measure of protection from the wrath of Hezbollah they may have tragically miscalculated
- 23 March 2013
Waiting for Nobel
The relentless, obsessive focus on Israel is driving the world crazy
- 1 February 2013
Ashton in Wonderland
Catherine Ashton and the rest of Europe are lost down the rabbit hole as the Saudis and Qataris are well placed to gain from the Arab Spring
- 18 January 2013
A storm of massive proportions is brewing in the MidEast
The region is splitting apart and ready to explode out of its largely artificial boundaries along two major fault lines, ethnic and religious, writes a former senior editor of the Jerusalem Post
- 9 October 2012
The party's over: Eurozone fear is changing the geopolitical map
The fear provoked by the Eurozone turmoil inevitably exposes primitive old hatreds. The current high-voltage uncertainty presages bad times for Jews individually and, in their collective form, Israel
- 17 November 2011
Turkey playing with fire in ramping up anti-Israel rhetoric
It is hard to remain unmoved by acts of blatant cynicism. The recent antics of Turkey's "mildly Islamist" Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, offer a textbook example.
- 3 October 2011
Friendly Fire: Britain and Israel
David Cameron assures us of his 'unshakeable commitment' to Israel's security. Why then does he not see the obvious Islamist threat emerging from the Arab Spring and Hamas?
- 8 May 2011
The importance of being Bashar
With Syria's Assad on the brink of collapse, who will be the winners and who are the losers in the Middle East?
- 25 April 2011
Planet Media
The Arab world was standing on the brink of enlightenment, declared the media with one voice - but a recent poll in Egypt suggests something frighteningly different
- 7 April 2011
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