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 […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
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 […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Politics / World
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 […]
Afghanistan / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
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 […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
This is Israel’s 9/11
Published by The i paper (9th October, 2023) The symbolism could not be starker: young people at a rave for peace in the desert, their happiness and spirit […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Technology / World
How digital dissidents are defying the despots
Published by UnHerd (25th May, 2018) When Ahmad Abu Artema was a child, his parents separated and his mother ended up living just over the Egyptian border with […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World
A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]