Israel, West Bank & Gaza

Glastonbury antics were just puerile

Published by The i paper (30th June, 2025)

Putin risks losing another ally but his rule may be boosted

Published by The i paper (24th June, 2025)

Biden’s pickle over the Gaza protests

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2024) The students at Columbia University sat outside their tents, munching on beans and rice as they listened to one of […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Hope is being extinguished in Gaza

Published by The i paper (8th April, 2024) Six years ago, while on a reporting trip to Gaza, I met a 26-year-old man called Mohammed al-Taluli who had […]

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different

Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]

Timid leaders could learn from Thatcher on dealing with a crisis in Israel

Published by The i paper (30th October, 2023) Two years after becoming prime minister, Margaret Thatcher gave an interview to The Jewish Chronicle about her forceful condemnation of an […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A shaft of hope amid a bloody war fuelled by rage

Published by The Daily Mail (25th October, 2023) It was a wondrous sign of hope after days of blood-soaked war. A frail old woman, freed after more than […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Netanyahu may be walking into a trap

Published by The i paper (23rd October, 2023) Five years ago in Gaza, I watched the theatre of tragedy play out before my eyes. I had gone to report […]

Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Aid to Palestinians is used to reward acts of terrorism

Published by The Times (20th October, 2023) Abdullah Barghouti was arrested two decades ago. The Hamas bomb-maker was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison for the slaughter […]

Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

The West’s arrogant foreign aid has fuelled tensions

Published by The i paper (16th October, 2023) The Government is tying itself in knots to show firm support for Israel after terrorist atrocities while avoiding condemnation of […]

Israel should be wary of repeating the 9/11 mistakes

Published by The i paper (13th October, 2023) When I wrote on Sunday as horrifying details of Hamas atrocities started emerging, my column here was starkly headlined “This is […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Inside blighted enclave where Hamas rules with an iron fist

Published by The Daily Mail (October 10th, 2023) As I entered the Erez crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip, my Israeli-Arab friend asked me to bring […]