Israel’s calculus on Syria
Benjamin Netanyahu has forgone diplomacy in favour of airstrikes on Damascus.
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A stable future for Gaza is a distant prospect
Israel’s former prime minister Ehud Olmert has accused his country’s leaders of planning a “concentration camp” on the Strip.
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Could Gaza unite the new left against Keir Starmer?
An anti-war movement is growing in force – inside and outside parliament.
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The BBC is afraid
From Gaza to Glastonbury, our public broadcaster makes panicked decisions that undermines its journalism and its future.
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The phone call that halted Israel’s strikes on Iran
Also this week: Sirens in Jerusalem and an audience with Isaac Herzog.
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The horror of Gaza’s children’s hospitals
One doctor’s experience of life and death in the warzone.
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Israel’s hollow victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won the battle over Iran. But his war against Israel’s democracy is not over.
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Imperial calculations
In its attacks on Iran, Israel is exploiting the chaos of American foreign policy.
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Farage and Badenoch’s Iran headache
What does it mean to be an opposition party in a time of geopolitical turmoil?
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There won’t be a “final victory” for Iran or Israel
Washington, Tehran and Jerusalem still have choices to make about whether to strike again.
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Trump’s fragile truce
The US president insists a ceasefire is in effect, even as hostilities continue.
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How Benjamin Netanyahu beat America First
Trump’s strike on Iran underlines the enduring alliance between Israel and the United States.
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A perilous age
From Israel and Iran to Ukraine and Russia, nations across the globe are engaged in existential battles.
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Living by the sword
The history that shapes Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Neoconservatism’s dangerous revival
Europe has a lot to lose by backing Israel now.
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Will Iran inflict oil inflation on the West?
The country has little to lose by restricting shipping and triggering an energy price shock.
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Will Iran surrender?
Israel’s assault has transformed the balance of power in the Middle East.
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Is Trump the last neoconservative?
Maga was meant to fix America. But Israel’s war risks dragging it back into the Middle East.
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Impunity is fuelling Israel’s spiralling aggression
Israel attacked Iran not out of fear but out of hubris.
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Netanyahu’s gamble
The Israeli prime minister’s strike on Iran was audacious but also risky, militarily and politically.
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