Europe & Russia

Diplomats have warned of the growing boycott of Israel and accused the European Union of creating an atmosphere which encourages and gives legitimacy to NGOs not to cooperate with...

Israeli officials and diplomats have threatened to "cut ties with the EU" should the latter impose a boycott on Israel. They said that the first step would be to...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that three British men who were subjected to torture in prison in Saudi Arabia cannot pursue a case against the kingdom...

The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO has decided to postpone opening a Jewish exhibition at its headquarters in Paris after Arab states protested. UNESCO's director general Irina...

Russia has stepped up its military assistance to Syria, including armored vehicles and drones and precision-guided bombs, informed sources told Reuters news agency. A number of sources told Reuters...

The Balfour Declaration of 2 November 1917 was central to the wartime British-Zionist alliance and a powerful Zionist-Jewish propaganda tool. As the centenary of the Declaration approaches it is...

By Mehmet Nedim Aslan Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, has made his strongest criticism yet of Israel and its policies. After talks with his British counterpart David Miliband at...

By Kalid Shamt – Berlin A German MP has claimed that the number of people killed by Israel in its attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla was nineteen, and...

By Omar Radwan The relationship between Turkey and Israel, which was severely tested following Israel's assault against the Gaza Strip one year ago, has deteriorated yet further in the...

Middle East editor defends his reporting on Israel after BBC Trust finds him guilty of inaccuracies. By Maggie Brown Jeremy Bowen has attacked the BBC Trust ruling that found...

By Yvonne RidleyI am beginning to ask myself, "What's the point of David Miliband?" – a question I've no doubt Gordon Brown posed just a few days ago following...

By Yvonne RidleyEver since a group of ordinary people from more than 40 different countries came together and set sail for Gaza have we seen various world leaders scramble...

The Israeli government has bowed to Turkish threats and made an official written apology to the Turkish ambassador in Tel Aviv for the insults he was subjected to earlier...

Máiread Maguire was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly awarded to her in 1976. She is a committed peace activist and has long been a supporter...

By Omar Radwan This month has seen the first anniversary of Israel's assault on Gaza in which more than 1,400 Palestinians – one third of them children – were...

By Lauren Booth3 September 2010 Dear Tony, Congratulations on your political memoir becoming an instant bestseller. I'm in Iran and have the only copy in the country. I can tell...

By S.M. Mohamed IdrisIt is outrageous that the German Cabinet chose to hold a joint meeting last week with the Israeli Cabinet in Berlin at a time when the...

Nick Clegg, the coalition's Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, attended the Liberal Democrats Friends of Israel fringe meeting on Monday 20 September alongside LDFI President...

By Dr. Jonathan Githens-Mazer and Dr. Robert Lambert Stiff prison sentences being handed down to Muslim protesters who took part in London demonstrations during Israel's military operation in Gaza...

Foreign Secretary, William Hague, made an unannounced appearance at this year's Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) annual delegates' reception. His appearance was met with raucous applause from majority of...

INTERPOL issues Red Notices to assist in identification of 11 Dubai murder suspects LYON, France – INTERPOL has issued Red Notices for 11 internationally-wanted individuals who have been charged...

By Sir Cyril Townsend It is almost a year since the publication of the UN's Goldstone Report on Israel's war against Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. The...

By Abdel Bari AtwanThe assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, widely assumed to have been carried out by Mossad, exposed not only some of the security services in the Palestinian Authority...

By Khalid Amayreh 7 November, 2010 The Israeli government is exerting tremendous pressure on the UK to amend British laws allowing for the arrest and prosecution of suspected war...

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied JerusalemLast week, a few Palestinian journalists and I had the opportunity to meet with Martin Day, a spokesman of the British government. The meeting,...

By Frank Barat and Michael Mansfield QC Countless United Nations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions have been passed and violated; The Goldstone Report has been attacked and dismissed...

By Dr Abdullah Al-Ash'al It is indisputable that the Turkish government of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) is a model modern state that has applied the principles of...

By Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban At last, it has been acknowledged that Western intelligence agencies tortured innocent people for years in the notorious Guantanamo prison. The admission came through the British...

By Dr Daud Abdullah No war has tarnished the image of Israel and damaged its vital international relationships as the "Operation Cast Lead" it waged on Gaza last winter....

By Yvonne Ridley Bradford: demons of apartheid South Africa It was a Charles Dickens' character from the book Oliver Twist who called the law an ass. However, quite often...

By Renee Bowyer I visited the family of a twelve year old boy arrested on a Sunday morning. They lived in a small room on the outskirts of Balata...

Before it even aired last night, the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary "Britain's pro-Israel Lobby" had created shockwaves. Produced by Peter Oborne and James Jones their investigation bravely examines a...