The US president’s very public scolding of both Israel and Hamas for being difficult about his peace plan may have paid off.
- Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
US president Joe Biden has warned that occupation would be a ‘big mistake’ – and history seems to agree.
As Israel marked the 20th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination, fears of another surge in violence were as high as ever.
In a grim week at the UN General Assembly, the key partners in the Middle East peace process made it clear they’ve lost patience.
For many Israelis, the potential danger of a bad deal with Iran pales in comparison to the damage caused to US-Israeli relations by Benjamin Netanyahu’s trickery.
The attack on a Jerusalem synagogue in which four Jewish worshippers were killed and eight were injured has sparked new fears that fighting between Israel and Palestinian could flare up once more. The…
The Shia militant group Hezbollah has suggested its fight against Islamic State has given it a common purpose with the West. In an interview with the BBC, Mohammed Fneish, a Lebanese Hezbollah minister…
Does this month’s escalation in violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank mean that a third intifada – a Palestinian uprising against the Israel’s occupation, following those of 1987 and 2000 – is imminent…
To his critics he will forever be the “Butcher of Beirut”, the master of Israel’s disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the man responsible for the horrendous massacre of hundreds of Palestinians…
After years of declarations, warnings and internal bickering, the European Union has finally done it. On Friday, Brussels is expected to announce that future agreements between the EU (or any of its member…
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