Hamas - New Statesman

Politicians in the UK are nervous to speak about the conflict – but if ever there was a time for…

By Andrew Marr

I was among the first journalists allowed into Kfar Azza, one of the kibbutz communities that suffered the worst massacres.

By Anshel Pfeffer

I have seen children writing their names on the palms of their hands. When they die, they want people to…

By Mahmoud Shalabi

The Labour leader is seeking to draw attention to the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza without reopening old divides.

By Rachel Cunliffe

Security failures allowed Hamas to launch its catastrophic attack on 7 October. Can the Israeli leadership overcome its fatal complacency?

By Lawrence Freedman

This is a perilous moment for the world. Western leaders must be clear-eyed about the potential scale of this conflict.

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Northern Ireland is nothing like Gaza. If the party wins power it will have to learn that.

By Finn McRedmond

The Middle East security scholar on the imminent ground invasion of Gaza.

By Katie Stallard

Sharone Lifschitz’s parents are believed to have been abducted by Hamas. She wants them saved.

By Alona Ferber

How Israel forgot the lessons of the Yom Kippur War.

By Robert D Kaplan

The response to Hamas will devastate the Strip, upend the balance of power in the Middle East and define the…

By Alona Ferber

Hamas’ recent brutal attack on Israel reconfirms that the post-Cold War era of Western triumphalism is over.

By New Statesman

The atrocities committed against Israeli civilians have roots in the same fanaticism activists face in Iran.

By Munira Mirza

The country’s role in the Middle East has been long ignored – and Israel is paying the price.

By Lina Khatib

The author and strategist on how militants were able to invade, and how Israel responds.

By Will Lloyd