Jordan Articles

The Israeli peace movement had a major relaunch last week. What, you didn’t hear about it? It was a big deal. Slick media campaign led by Haaretz; a couple of thousand delegates in a Tel Aviv hotel; cabinet ministers on the programme; even a message from Barack Obama....

I ‘listened’ to Ed’s big speech last week via Twitter in Amman, Jordan. Quite rightly it got strong support and was acclaimed as a big and brave move. There has been much commentary on it, so I want to focus on one thought that emerged for me – not least because of...

‘Good riddance’ will be the understandable reaction of many to Abu Qatada’s departure from these shores. But we should be wary of those politicians led by Theresa May and David Cameron, who seek to make capital out of the legal obstacles that prevented Abu Qatada’s...