Israel-Hamas War

Procedural manoeuvres, bellowing and walk-outs – there’s a good reason for it all

The point of life is to live it and Derek embodied this

Can an Israeli-Arab exchange programme work during wartime?

Everything is impossible, as Nelson Mandela liked to put it, until you make it happen

Putin will be pleased by developments in the middle east

Perhaps it is down to us taxpayers to ensure that the health service is fit for purpose

The world’s most discredited and pointless summit will provide few answers

The main stumbling block to Middle East peace is the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli prime minister’s failed, immoral policies are a deadly own goal – and they are pure neopopulism

The route to a ceasefire in Gaza lies not through rhetorical demands, but through diplomatic pressure

For Christian Palestinians there will be no twinkling lights or Christmas trees, as all churches agree this year there can be no celebration

A US politician’s clumsy words about Hamas highlight a wider problem

As Israel’s response to the Hamas attacks goes on, a spiral of violence by West Bank settlers is worrying Washington DC and Brussels

Erdoğan is risking alienating Israel, a crucial trade partner, to please his voter base

Don’t be fooled, Israel will not rest until Hamas has been destroyed. This war is only just starting

Young people’s snubbing of a massive Paris rally against antisemitism must sound a warning for Europe’s left

The former PM owes us all one for the referendum; at least there will be one sensible voice around the cabinet table arguing for closer ties

When will the media stop spouting the official Israeli claims of targeting Hamas? To wipe out 45% of civilian homes (so far) doesn’t sound like targeting

The rising tensions were far from an ideal atmosphere for an international sporting competition

Images by the photographer in the city of Khan Yunis underline the suffering of ordinary Gazans

As the death toll continues to mount, the Gaza war has the potential to destabilise the region – and the world

Palestine needs a swift route to economic sovereignty and statehood

We have no right to avert our gaze from the Israel-Hamas war

That was Suella Braverman’s verdict on immigration - and it is now the verdict on a politician setting her sights on No.10

The crisis has put the Labour leader between a rock and a hard place

Whether in its mild or extreme forms, tribalism is as destructive as it is alluring

“Jews so keenly feel the trauma of 7 October and its aftermath, not because they support the Netanyahu government or the fundamentalist West Bank settlers… because, like everyone else, we want to be accepted”

Most of us are at odds with her policies and over-zealous remarks, but she is a high achiever who holds herself to exacting standards

Switching off the news has been particularly alluring in the last few weeks, but we must not fall into this trap

Unless political leaders can break the cycle of pain and rage, then we could all feel the consequences

If the Israeli military destroys both Hamas and large parts of Gaza – then what?

Can the US president steer events in the Middle East?