Labour expected to drop challenge to ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant
Exclusive: UK government appears unlikely to go ahead with legal bid, while Keir Starmer has spoken with Israeli PM over Gaza ceasefire
March 2024
Sidelined over Gaza war, Mahmoud Abbas faces growing calls to quit
Departure of longtime leader would pave way for new elections and much needed reform of Palestinian Authority
February 2024
‘The most popular Palestinian leader alive’: Releasing Marwan Barghouti could transform territories’ politics
Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich
January 2024
Israel’s plans for Gaza’s future will only keep the flame of Hamas resistance burning
Ahmad Samih Khalidi
Attempts to excise the group and its leaders are unlikely to succeed and risk not only perpetuating the cycle of violence but spreading it wider
Blinken restates commitment to Palestinian state on West Bank visit
US secretary of state met Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, on visit dismissed as ‘theatre’ by residents
In 2008, we were inches from peace in the Middle East. I believe it’s still within our grasp
Gordon Brown
It may seem impossible to seek a deal amid war. But the consequences of not doing so are too painful to contemplate, says former UK PM Gordon Brown
December 2023
Israel says it will open new aid crossing into Gaza Strip
Announcement follows pressure from allies in US to alleviate humanitarian crisis in besieged territory
November 2023
Corrupt, discredited: could a reformed Palestinian Authority run Gaza?
Survival, scandal, a secret cell: how the nail-biting Israel-Hamas hostage deal was done
How two-faced Xi Jinping is exploiting war in Gaza to beget China’s new order
Simon Tisdall
Palestinian Authority would face many challenges in a post-Hamas Gaza
Palestinian Authority should play key role in a future Gaza, says Antony Blinken
Israel-Palestine: Is the two-state solution the answer to the crisis?
October 2023
Toxic Netanyahu could drag Biden down in his fight for political survival
Simon Tisdall
The US president now ‘owns’ this war. Israel’s prime minister has no exit strategy and if he gets the long conflict he wants, the US may be drawn in ever deeper
Rafah border crossing to reopen 'imminently', says Rishi Sunak – video
Sunak met the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, and Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, as part of a diplomatic tour of the Middle East
Sunak reiterates support for two-state solution in meeting with Abbas
‘Support our people’: growing frustration at Palestine’s leadership in West Bank
Angry old men set the Middle East ablaze. The young will pay the price
