Surviving 491 days in Hamas captivity
Eli Sharabi’s agonising memoir explores how the world nearly forgot the Gaza hostages
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Has Netanyahu won the war?
The Israel-Hamas agreement may mark the beginning of the end for the Israeli PM
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Hamas agree to release hostages, but…
Donald Trump ordered Israel to “immediately” stop bombing Gaza in response
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The world has abandoned the hostages
Families of the taken no longer believe in Benjamin Netanyahu’s promises
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PMQs review: Badenoch hammers Starmer on Mandelson
Keir Starmer struggled to deflect questions about his ambassador’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
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David Lammy’s Gaza cowardice
In a letter last week, Lammy said the Foreign Office had concluded Israel’s actions were not a genocide.
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Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu are trapped
The offensive on Gaza City is cursed by the same impossible dilemmas as the rest of this war.
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In the face of Hamas’s terrorism, choosing life is essential
It was unbearable when my brother’s murderer was released from prison in the ceasefire deal. But 59 hostages remain in…
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How did the BBC’s Gaza documentary ever get broadcast?
Cuts have hollowed out the corporation’s decks of talent – to the point where catastrophic errors slip through.
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The precarity of the Gaza ceasefire deal
Even if the next phase of the agreement commences, Israel will face tough choices.
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The horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins
The bodies of hostages taken on 7 October were returned to Israel in a disturbing spectacle.
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Sharone Lifschitz: “On 7 October, my father saw his life’s work going up in flames”
The film-maker on her father Oded Lifschitz and the plight of the 7 October hostages.
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The peace paradox
The political calculations that allowed the Gaza ceasefire could yet be its undoing.
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This is Donald Trump’s ceasefire
Joe Biden doesn’t own this peace – but Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu must now take responsibility for what comes next.
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Gaza’s uneasy peace
Israel and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire. But can a new Palestinian society be built from the ruins of war?
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The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
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Yahya Sinwar’s deadly mission
The late Hamas leader’s cold determination led his fellow Palestinians down a trail of terror.
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Sinwar’s death won’t save Gaza
Vengeance for 7 October is not the same as victory – or peace.
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A year of war and bloodshed
The situation in the Middle East is only getting more dangerous.
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The horrors of Storyville’s Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again
Yariv Mozer’s 90-minute BBC documentary is an astonishing thing, almost beyond description. It will destroy you.
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