(Doha Institute)- Israelis woke at dawn on Saturday 7 October, to find hundreds of Palestinian fighters storming military bases and residential areas near the Gaza Strip. The Hamas attack, which the group labelled “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, saw its gunmen seize dozens of military outposts...

As these lines are being written, Israel has informed the UN that more than one million people in the northern Gaza Strip, including residents of Gaza City, must evacuate their homes. There is nowhere to go in Gaza - not for 10,000 people, not for 100,000 and certainly not for a million. To...

In his latest column for Middle East Eye, journalist Peter Oborne looks at how British politicians from both major parties have not only failed to condemn Israel’s bombardment of Gaza but backed it as it commits what could amount to war crimes. Yesterday Keir Starmer, the leader of the...

As Syria steps out of its diplomatic isolation, calls for reconstruction are mooted by former opponents seeking to justify their relations and by the Syrians themselves, eager to capitalize on their new friendships. The recent dalliance with the Assad regime does not, however, illustrate the...