Israel

Politics: surrender to the mob

October 21, 2025 3:19 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

So it came to pass that the Maccabi ban came to parliament for MPs to hear a statement from Lisa... View Article

Middle East: safer, but not just yet

June 23, 2025 3:13 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Well, I did write several times that Trump was volatile and unpredictable. And even as Mark Urban was writing for... View Article

Middle East: targets for the fight

June 15, 2025 3:17 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There is no messing here – what’s going down between Israel and Iran really is a war even if, at... View Article

Middle East: Rising Lion

June 14, 2025 3:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It was particularly thoughtless of the Israelis to launch their attack on Iran in the wee small hours (UK time),... View Article

Middle East: peace, of a sort

January 16, 2025 3:12 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

We’ve been there before, of course. From 1948 onwards, when the state of Israel was formally established, we’ve seen no... View Article

Middle East: the future is nuclear?

October 7, 2024 3:09 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There is scarcely a media outlet which hasn’t devoted space or time to the anniversary of the Hamas barbarism in... View Article

Middle East: the annals of misinformation

October 4, 2024 3:37 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

With all that’s going on, it is difficult to pick a single issue and elevate it above the rest, affording... View Article

Middle East: high stakes

October 2, 2024 3:17 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

If ever there was an example of the “one war at a time” syndrome, this is it. Despite the fall... View Article

Ukraine: two-faced Cameron

April 16, 2024 3:44 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Forced to recognise the anomalous levels of support as between Israel and Ukraine, Cameron found himself struggling to explain why... View Article

Israel: mushroom clouds over Tehran

April 15, 2024 3:11 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I am not the only one, by a long chalk, to wonder why it is that the US – with... View Article

Media: BBC bias

April 9, 2024 2:03 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

A lot of things of interest are happening at the moment, but one thing which immediately struck me from yesterday... View Article

Israel: nothing changes

April 8, 2024 3:46 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Yesterday marked the elapse of six months since Hamas-led Palestinians went on a murderous rampage in southern Israel, leaving 1200... View Article

Politics: multi-level battles

February 26, 2024 2:56 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It really is quite extraordinary how the so-called “Islamophobia row” has gripped the body politic, carrying through the weekend as... View Article

Politics: dealing with the mob

February 23, 2024 2:37 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

While the scenes in the Commons on Wednesday were extraordinary, no less so were three key exchanges in the chamber... View Article

Politics: not the best of days

February 22, 2024 2:53 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

As I understand it, Starmer was facing a rebellion from as many as 80 of his own MPs, including several... View Article

Politics: the Palestine obsession

February 19, 2024 3:25 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I don’t know whether the word irony even begins to describe the recent contrast between two events. The first, as... View Article