Hard choices in an illiberal world
Israel’s war on Gaza has finally ended the myth of an American-led “liberal order”.
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The fractured reality of Israel’s war in Gaza
From the ICJ ruling to the defunding of UNRWA, global divisions over the conflict are becoming further entrenched.
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There are no winners in the ICJ’s ruling
The court’s ruling hasn’t ended the fighting in Gaza, nor has it absolved Israel.
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Former Israeli prime minister: “Time to stop the war”
Ehud Olmert on the war in Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future and the possibility of a two-state solution.
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The West’s magical thinking is sinking in the Red Sea
The US and its allies cannot change reality with air strikes.
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The slipperiness of ceasefire
Why the path to peace is shorter in Gaza than Ukraine.
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The Iran problem
How the US is losing control of the Middle East.
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The Red Sea’s escalation equation
The aims of the US’s and UK’s strikes on the Houthis were limited. But what happens next?
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“It’s too late for the Jewish state”
A discussion on the war in Gaza, free speech and the future of the two-state solution.
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The risk of a wider Middle East war is growing
The assassination of Hamas’s deputy political chief has come amid Israeli calls for action against Hezbollah and a crisis of…
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The chaos of Israel’s postwar plan
No one in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government can agree what “the day after” should look like.
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“They kill anything that moves”
A discussion on the mass expulsion of Gaza, genocide and South Africa’s case against Israel.
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Pax Americana’s last gasp
The US appears increasingly unable to rein in Israel’s war.
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“They want monsters”
This has been the most violent year on record for Palestinians in the West Bank.
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What the left gets wrong about Gaza and “decolonisation”
The West needs to remember that not all freedom movements are progressive or democratic.
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UN commissioner: “Gazans could start dying of hunger”
Philippe Lazzarini on the worsening refugee crisis in Gaza.
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When men don’t listen to women
Female Israeli soldiers had warned for months that Hamas was planning something. They weren’t taken seriously.
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The triple betrayal of Israeli women
Between the Israeli government and atrocity deniers, the women raped in the 7 October attack are still being victimised.
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The fightback against US anti-Semitism has begun
American Jews no longer believe “it can’t happen here”. It can and it has.
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The Policy Ask with Daniel Gorman: “We are in a human rights emergency”
The director of English PEN on the erosion of civil liberties, protecting free speech and calling for a ceasefire.
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