Gaza
Different perspectives on Gaza: Arab commentators and Labour MPs
Big gaps have opened up between the political analyses and proscriptions being proposed by Labour Party MPs and by many Arab commentators.
Outraged about Gaza? Fine. Now worry about Syria
The lack of action over the fate of Palestinians in Syria suggests the death and suffering of Palestinians is not enough to get people onto the streets.
Cameron cosies up to Israel while lecturing Palestinians on peace
Cameron's speech demonstrates everything that's wrong with international engagement with the Israel-Palestine peace process.
Left Foot Forward forces Oxfam climbdown over speaker’s homophobic comments
Oxfam has cancelled an event after Left Foot Forward presented the organisation with homophobic and anti-semitic comments made by one of the organisers.
The death of the two-state solution has been exaggerated
According to James’s Joyce’s character Leopold Blum, reading your own obituary gives you a new lease of life. Proponents of the two-state solution should perhaps then be grateful to those declaring it dead. As I argue in a new paper for the Foreign Policy Centre, the two-state solution is not dead, and in fact remains both attainable and indispensable.
Boycotting Israel: Moderate voices drowned out by hard-liners
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complex and difficult in modern history, with two competing narratives attempting to describe an extraordinary shared history. With polarisation on the issue endemic, there is limited space for moderates in the center to advocate a resolution that delivers justice for Palestinians, security for Israelis and peaceful co-existence for both.