The war to end all peace
Neither diplomacy nor military conquest can resolve the Middle East’s deepest conflict.
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Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen is a journalist and television presenter. He is currently international editor of the BBC.
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Israelis and Palestinians have been taken back to the traumas of 1948
Reporting from the front line in Gaza, I have seen the destruction wrought on all sides by this long…
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Letter from Kherson: The war of the villages
Ukrainian troops are becoming ever more confident as Russia endures another humiliating defeat
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The “Five Eyes” spies who fought the West’s secret wars
The intelligence network’s blunders in the Middle East have been disastrous – but it has a vital role in…
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Ukraine is haunted by the ghosts of wars past
Veterans still proudly wear their old Soviet uniforms, yet they have nothing but contempt for the Russians and Vladimir…
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I saw Russia’s way of war in Syria. Will its devastation come to Kyiv?
All Ukrainians are wondering whether Putin will repeat the destruction here.
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Jeremy Bowen’s Diary: Where the West went wrong in Afghanistan, the ruins of Helmand, and my sharp new attire
I first met the Taliban in 1994, two years before they took power. I never thought I would be…
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Letter from Gaza: The war that cannot be won
Further conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is inevitable – and futile.
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A new and dangerous form of violence has broken out in Israel
The sectarian, communal violence between Arabs and Jews is the most troubling new development.
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