The flow of money, it seems, defies the laws of physics. Despite endless promises of a fairer distribution of wealth, money has actually been gushing upstream towards a greater...

A new scandal is rocking Israel at the moment which may usher in the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career.

This week the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which is an arm of the US intelligence community that is in charge of long-term strategic analysis, published its assessment of the...

Donald Trump's imminent arrival in the White House has become a source of anxiety and panic. For certain, there are many things to be worried about including his pledge...

The cruelty and injustice of Israel's policy of administrative detention has once again been highlighted by its treatment of Palestinian circus and school performer, Mohammed Abu Sakha. Twenty-five-year-old Mohammed...

Today marks the 29th anniversary of the First Intifada. The mass uprising, which began in the refugee camps in Gaza in 1987, went on to become one of the...

The British Labour party voted down a motion seeking to hold former UK prime minister Tony Blair accountable for misleading parliament during the run up to the 2003 Iraq...

Leading figures from the political, academic and literary communities joined in the celebration and unveiling of the winners of 2016 Palestine Book Awards

Following the welcome speech by Victoria Brittain, Professor Eugene Rogan opened the discussion by asking the authors to speak about themselves and the inspiration for their books.

I've written previously about the inherent contradiction between liberalism and Zionism. I have argued that liberal Zionism is an oxymoron: while the former champions human rights, social justice and...

"A Curious Land" by Susan Muaddi Darraj is a collection of short stories about the inhabitants of Tel Al-Hilou, which is a small Palestinian village in the West Bank....

Access to basic healthcare is a luxury for millions of refugees, so I was pleasantly surprised to hear about a group of dental surgeons offering much-needed relief to those...

"War Against the People" seeks to answer a common question amongst activists in the Israel-Palestine conflict: "How does Israel get away with it?". The author, Jeff Halper, argues that...

A draft decision by UNESCO, which criticises Israel's activities at holy places in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, has been denounced by Israeli officials. "It ignores thousands of...

The Syrian war may have gone down the route of a typical civil war early in the conflict, when a prolonged standoff was unsustainable

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) bill passed by the US Congress earlier this week, has put further strain on US-Saudi relations. Relations between the two countries,...

President Barack Obama has said that he wants to strike at the heart of Daesh by the end of the year. In a meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister,...

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali caused a stir earlier this week when he was interviewed by journalist Matt Frei on Channel 4 News about his controversial meeting with Syrian President Bashar...

Four experts discussed the hidden relationship between dictators and extremist groups at an event held by MEMO in London.

Thousands were touched by the Celtic fans' show of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Large sections of the stadium turned into a sea of green, red, black and white...

Egypt's Islam El-Shehaby's refusal to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Or Sasson was clearly not in the spirit of the Olympic Games. The athlete, who has been sent...

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım confirmed that an official request for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen has been sent to the US. Ankara accuses the cleric, who lives in...

Yes, Tony Blair needs to answer for his actions but, more importantly, so too do the real masterminds behind the carnage; he shouldn’t be alone in the dock

With the Chilcot Inquiry due to publish its long-awaited report on 6 July, an early indication of what the findings might be have been aired by BBC Panorama's "Iraq...

Members of the US Congress made an unprecedented move by calling for the appointment of "a special envoy for Palestinian youth". In a letter to Barack Obama, US lawmakers petitioned the President to address the abuse of Palestinian children. Twenty...

President Barack Obama was uncharacteristically agitated as he unleashed an attack on Donald Trump in his speech following the murderous atrocity in Orlando. He denounced the presumptive Republican presidential...

Was anyone surprised by the latest revelation in the Times that British Special Forces are operating in Syria? I think not. Since David Cameron successfully made the case for...

Last month, the leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, set up an independent inquiry to investigate claims of anti-Semitism within its ranks. He appointed Shami Chakrabarti, the former...

Since he stepped down as Britain's Prime Minister in 2007, Tony Blair has made a number of public interventions in support of military action in the Middle East. The...

The boundaries of what is and isn't possible change constantly in politics. We like to think that in a democracy, citizens are empowered sufficiently to partake in the process...

Britain's chief rabbi waded into the anti-Semitism row this week with an article in the Telegraph.: "Ken Livingstone and the hard left are spreading the insidious virus of anti-Semitism,"...

The election of Malia Boutattia as President of the National Union of Students (NUS) has been controversial to say the least. Her critics have called her a Daesh sympathiser,...