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 […]
Politics
Sunak is right on one thing: we need change
Published by The I paper (2nd October, 2023) Is it any wonder political satire struggles so badly these days when the leader of a party in power for […]
Health / Policy
Prejudice towards trans youth such as Alice Litman are making us lose sight of people’s humanity
Published by The i paper 25th September, 2023 Twice this month I have been stopped in my tracks by a BBC radio interview with a woman grieving over […]
United States / World
My night out with the Proud Boys
Published by UnHerd (19th September, 2023) When I first met the leader of the Proud Boys, he was relaxing over a burger and chicken wings in an Irish […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons are inhumane, as I’ve seen in Wandsworth
Published by The i paper (11th September, 2023) Daneil Khalife is back behind bars after police pulled the 21-year-old former soldier from a bicycle as he pedalled along […]