Boycotts are to the left what Trump’s unilateral support for Jerusalem as the capital is to the right, argues Richard...
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Middle East Articles
Labour’s 100 year commitment
Labour's historical support for the state of Israel predates the Balfour declaration, writes Ian Austin This week sees...
The Israeli Macron?
He has only been a member of the Israeli Labor party for seven months, but last week Avi Gabbay was elected its...
Last resort not never resort
It turns out they were wrong, those people who told us that the only outcome to the Syrian genocide was a political...
When we choose to look away has consequences too
The crisis in Syria has been going on for years. Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime has led to more than 400,000 deaths,...
Defeating Daesh
We cannot hide in the futile hope that Daesh will look elsewhere. Yet, many blame western policy rather than the...
The meaning of internationalism
What a very grim weekend it has been watching the aftermath of the Paris attacks. I have turned down many requests for...
Time for a straight-talking debate about Syria
Let's have a straight-talking and honest political debate about Syria, Iraq and the refugee crisis. Our accepting...
‘A concentration camp above ground, a mass grave beneath’
Iraq remains a four-letter word in British politics that just keeps giving. Owen Jones' recent effusive encomium in...
To defeat the terrorists we must defeat defeatism
The terrorist group calling itself Islamic State is far from defeatist – it believes it will win. Given the defeatism...
We need to talk about Syria
The prime minster made headlines over the weekend as he warned that Muslim communities in Britain were ‘quietly...
The Kurdish Spring
That 'Snow is the primary form of precipitation in Kurdistan' may astonish those new to Kurdish issues. The mountain...