Bring them home
At a London rally in support of Israel over the weekend fear was palpable – but so was the defiance.
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Was Israel wrong to trust Qatar?
Doha hosts Hamas as part of a cynical geopolitical game.
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The deadly logic of existential war
Warnings that the escalating Israel-Hamas conflict could become a genocide should be heeded.
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The Israel-Hamas war threatens more energy price pain
The conflict has had a similar – but less pronounced – effect on oil and gas markets as Russia’s invasion.
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Middle East crisis shows why “security” and “resilience” are the new economic buzzwords
What this week’s by-elections, and the Gaza crisis, mean for the new economy.
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Will Israel launch a ground invasion?
Urban warfare is hard and it’s unclear what Israeli forces would be able to achieve.
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Danger still lies ahead for Labour
As the party celebrates its by-election triumphs, the Middle East could yet upend British politics.
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Kenneth Roth: we should be conservative about accusations of genocide
The former head of Human Rights Watch on Israel and Hamas, the hospital blast and war crimes.
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Misinformation in the Israel-Hamas war is a serious problem
On social media, users have two choices: to log off and look away, or stay and witness horrors and lies…
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Anatomy of a disaster
How a rush to report on the hospital blast in Gaza led Joe Biden’s Middle East summit to collapse within…
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Who is to blame?
It is a moral catastrophe that people refuse to consider the circumstances of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Can Keir Starmer hold Labour together on Israel?
Party insiders believe Starmer should have taken a more balanced approach in his early interviews.
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The Israel-Hamas war has left Britain divided
Politicians in the UK are nervous to speak about the conflict – but if ever there was a time for…
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Letter from Israel: “Bodies are piling up on three fronts”
I was among the first journalists allowed into Kfar Azza, one of the kibbutz communities that suffered the worst massacres.
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Letter from Gaza: “What we have witnessed has never been seen before”
I have seen children writing their names on the palms of their hands. When they die, they want people to…
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“Long Corbyn” is shaping Labour’s judgements on the Middle East
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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PMQs today: Keir Starmer reaches a careful balance on Israel
The Labour leader is seeking to draw attention to the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza without reopening old divides.
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Inside Israel’s intelligence fiasco
Security failures allowed Hamas to launch its catastrophic attack on 7 October. Can the Israeli leadership overcome its fatal complacency?
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Letter of the week: Changing the future in the Middle East
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The EU is the “illusory giant” of geopolitics
Despite its wealth and ambition, the European Union is limited as an actor in the great conflicts of our time.
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