Nick Gray is Director of Christian Middle East Watch (www.cmew.org.uk), a Christian organisation dedicated to bringing objective facts and balance to the discussion on the Middle East and particularly on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. He blogs at http://cmewonline.com and tweets at @CMEW2
Russia and Ukraine: Moscow's precedent
Russia's interference in Ukraine is more than a local border dispute. It's a continuation of Moscow's imperialist precedent which former KGB officer Vladimir Putin sees as a means of countering Western influence
- 10 March 2014
Israeli Apartheid Week: A Western political aberration
Shouting is no substitute for the truth. Fortunately, despite loud claims of global appeal, Israeli Apartheid Week enjoys no such thing
- 3 March 2014Egypt’s “war on terror” hits the headlines
Egypt's Sinai problem grumbles on, largely under the radar of the mainstream media. But make no mistake - as problems go, it's a big one
- 20 February 2014
Christians against BDS in the heart of London
Christian groups held a bold event on Wednesday afternoon to counter the efforts of the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign in Britain to recruit churches to join its cause
- 13 February 2014
Boycotters' contempt for ordinary Palestinians
Though they will deny it, their actions speak louder: BDS campaigners simply do not care about the circumstances, hopes and dreams of ordinary Palestinians
- 5 February 2014
Nicky's Family: The story of Britain's Schindler
A recent Christian event confronted the Holocaust with 'Nicky's Family', a film about a true hero
- 30 January 2014
A brighter future for Egypt’s Christians?
Egypt’s Copts are hopeful the new constitution will alleviate persecution. Unfortunately “could” and “should” don’t equate to “will” and Egypt has a long history of Muslim persecution of Christians
- 23 January 2014
Being 'pro' one side needn't make you 'anti' the other
You get attacked for being blindly pro-Israel just for objective analysis. The pro-Palestinian lobby expends so much emotion that a cool presentation of the reality on the ground is called bias, at least in Britain and Europe
- 14 January 2014
John Kerry goes home with three “No’s”
John Kerry, should be given a top international award when he leaves office – an award for irrepressible optimism in the face of brutal reality, because he's utterly clueless on the Middle East peace process
- 8 January 2014
MidEast shows US foreign policy is fudge, confusion
Should both Israel and the Palestinians finally reject the US framework document over the next few weeks, America will leave the Middle East with a whimper and not a bang. But it's all part of a broader confusion
- 6 January 2014
Thoughts on churches and walls
The West's obsession with Israel's security wall - of which only two percent is really a wall - is detracting from far more important issues: Christians suffering in Syria and Egypt being the most vital. Bethlehem’s Christians will tell you privately that it is only the Israelis keeping them from widespread savagery
- 2 January 2014
Europe's love-hate relationship with Israel?
Europe loves Israel's high-tech economy, but hates its nature as a Jewish state that won't yield to international efforts to undermine its very existence. Europe is conflicted about the Jews, as it always has been, argues the Director of Christian Middle East Watch
- 19 December 2013
Great Christmas in Bethlehem, but Christians need more
It isn't all sad news for Christians in the Middle East. But a happy moment is not the beginning of a new dawn of tolerance for the world's most oppressed religious group
- 3 December 2013
Hold the phone. Who are you calling a Palestinian?
Modern "Palestinians" have been manipulated by two generations of corrupt and cold-hearted leaders into an identity they did not have just 65 years ago. Try telling that to the BBC or the United Nations
- 28 November 2013
“Mood-based attacks” but no third intifada - yet
As long as the Palestinian leadership insists on spreading lies and false hope, "mood-based attacks" will continue against Israelis
- 20 November 2013
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