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Stephen Hawking is right, it's time to end international support for Israeli impunity
By Rafeef Ziadah - 11 May 13:11

As long as Israel can count on a blank cheque from the international community, it will continue to displace more Palestinians and further abuse and curtail their rights.

A general boycott plays into the hands of Israel's hard-right leaders.
Sorry, Stephen Hawking, but a boycott of Israel isn't the answer
By Matt Hill - 09 May 14:22

A general boycott plays into the hands of Israel's hard-right leaders. Instead, we should punish firms and institutions that operate in the Occupied Territories.

A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from
Why is Douglas Murray smearing me to distract from this damning UN report on Israel in Gaza?
By Owen Jones - 12 March 13:01

Owen Jones made the same error as the Telegraph, Mail, Haaretz, Guardian, Sun, Washington Post, Human Rights Watch and Spectator. If Douglas Murray wants that to be addressed, he also knows that Israel could be guilty of committing war crimes. So why the silence?

Palestinians wait to board a bus in Qalqiliya in the West Bank. Photo: Getty
Segregation and echoes of apartheid: Israel launches Palestinian-only buses
By Rachel Shabi - 05 March 9:41

Separation and discrimination is a numbing fact of life for Palestinians in the West Bank.

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How the Israeli press beat the censor to bring "Prisoner X" to their public
By Camilla Schick - 15 February 16:33

Gagging orders, media censorship and the public interest.

Yair Lapid. Photograph: Getty Images
Israel's centre cannot hold
By Rachel Shabi - 07 February 6:50

Yair Lapid could end up as camouflage for Netanyahu’s intransigence.

New Statesman
Hebrew teaching to be expanded in the Gaza Strip
By Lucy Provan - 05 February 15:40

Hamas say Gazans should "better know their enemy".

Benjamin Netanyahu heads the first weekly Cabinet meeting since the election
Has Israel shifted further to the right?
By James Dawson - 28 January 10:15

The latest election results analysed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photograph: Getty Images.
Israel's two tribes: which will Netanyahu choose?
By Prof Alan Johnson - 20 January 14:52

Could the Israeli prime minister be tempted to turn away from the far right and look left? Unlikely but not impossible.

Ethiopian Christians celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony
The A-Z of Israel
By New Statesman - 17 January 9:21

On 22 January, Israelis will go to the polls. The world watches – but how much do we really know about the country that calls itself “the sole bastion of democracy” in the Middle East?

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