Middle East

They may be losing popularity in Gaza, but Hamas are a force to be reckoned with – even by Israel. Louisa Waugh reports.

Filed in: Israel Palestine Politics

No money, no carbon, no passport: Emma Fordham on Earthian, who rejected his identity then set off from London to Iraq.

Filed in: Economics Iraq Peace United Kingdom

As the picking season draws to a close, Noreen Sadik meets farmers affected by Israeli repression.

Filed in: Israel Palestine

Becoming a ‘non-member state’ needs to bring practical as well as symbolic change says Frank Barat.

Filed in: Democracy Israel Palestine Politics UN

Felicity Arbuthnot asks what threat children pose to the Israeli state.

Filed in: Children Israel Palestine Violence

Climate change is finally on the Qatari political agenda but it’s time every country closed the ‘ambition gap’ says Wael Hmaidan.

Filed in: Climate Change Qatar UN

The latest round of violence has only served to strengthen Israel’s sworn enemy says Uri Avnery.

Filed in: Israel Palestine Politics War and Peace

Anne Paq’s photograph of a Palestinian boy killed in an Israeli air-strike brings home the horror of an escalating conflict.

Filed in: Children Conflict Israel Palestine Violence

Israeli writer Uri Avnery tells Gush-Shalom why he thinks Operation Cloud Pillar will achieve nothing but devastation.

Filed in: Conflict Israel Palestine Politics Violence War and Peace

Netanyahu won’t find any serious opposition in the re-elected US president, says Frank Barat.

Filed in: Democracy Israel Palestine Politics United States

The Beit Arabiya peace centre has been demolished by the Israeli army for a sixth time. Symon Hill visited the rubble.

Filed in: Human Rights Israel Palestine Violence