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Israel was right to defend itself in the face of "indiscriminate" attacks in Gaza last summer. Those were the words of British Prime Minister David Cameron. This statement is...

British Prime Minister David Cameron said recently that Israel had the right to defend itself when it launched Operation Protective Edge against Gaza in the summer of 2014. "What...

Iraq has agreed to exchange its debts to the oil companies developing its giant fields with crude oil, media reports have said. Iraqi oil ministry has said that the...

Britain's Muslim community is sufficient in number to have a significant impact in the coming general election. Muslim voters are an "untapped resource" with the potential to seal the...

In Victorian Britain the wealthy flocked to the South of France and the Mediterranean waters to escape the chill back home. Today it is a destination for hundreds of...

The Lancet, one of the world's oldest and most respected medical journals, is under attack from more than 500 doctors from across the globe over an open letter it...

Nearly 2,000 people have been killed this year while attempting to make the perilous sea journey across the Mediterranean to the supposed safe haven of Europe – or rather,...

The UK's Department for International Development is giving the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) £30 million of funding for the...

UK voters will go to the polls very soon to decide on the next government that will steer Britain's foreign policy for the next five years. The influence of...

The University of East Anglia's student body has endorsed the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, in a motion passed last Thursday. Meeting for the final time this...

The 20-year sentence given to Egypt's first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi "is symptomatic of the deepening human rights crisis in Egypt", the London-based ITN Solicitors, who represent the...

As many as 900 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean on Sunday. The death toll for migrants making this treacherous journey in 2015 now stands at...

As Britain prepares to go to the polls in two weeks, the Green party has stuck by its support for a boycott of Israel, the only mainstream party to...

Most MPs at Westminster have an easy option available to them for registering their opinion about a particular topic, as well as gathering support about the subject in question....

There is outrage in Britain over the decision not to prosecute a senior British peer over child sex offences. Lord Greville Janner should have been charged with historic child...

Since 2011's wave of protests and uprisings in the Arab world, we have heard a fair amount about something often titled the "deep state". This term is applied in...

The Liberal Democrats yesterday condemned the "disproportionate force used by all sides" in the Middle East conflict and "Israel's continued illegal policy of settlement expansion" during the launch of...

Some 16 European foreign ministers have called on the EU to push forward the process of labelling goods sourced from illegal Israeli settlements. The ministers signed a letter addressed...

UKIP's recently released manifesto criticises previous government's deployment of armed forces to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Libya and Iraq, while maintaining the 'war on terror.' The current government has...

Organisers of a conference on Israel and international law have failed in their bid to overturn a decision by the University of Southampton to cancel the event, previously scheduled...

Conservative party manifesto: "Everything we do around the world will be driven by a determination to protect your security and help you prosper." The Prime Minister David Cameron today...

Labour Party 2015 Manifesto: "Commitment to universal human rights will be at the heart of our foreign policy across the world." The Labour party's manifesto, released today, states: "Peace...

The Jewish Chronicle has commissioned a fascinating political poll of British Jews' voting intentions at the upcoming election. The results must be frightening for Labour strategists – showing mass...

Maajid Nawaz, a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats, and one of the founders of Quilliam, who describes himself as a feminist has been filmed repeatedly trying to touch...

The University of Southampton is facing a public outcry and discontent from staff over its cancellation of a conference on Israel and international law. After months of pressure from...

In a recent article for the London Review of Books entitled "The new world disorder", Tariq Ali argues that "he occupation of Iraq one of the most destructive...

"Okay then, so where exactly are you from originally?" From my accent, it's obvious that I'm born and bred in Britain. People can also tell just by looking at...

On Tuesday night, the international community anxiously waited for the outcome of talks between the P5+1 and Iran on the Iranian nuclear deal. As many anticipated, the parties were...

Academic organisers of a conference on Israel and international law will today launch legal efforts at the High Court, after the University of Southampton confirmed it was cancelling the...

Why did the British government respond in the way it did to the Arab Spring? 
Some analyses have argued that Britain's inconsistency demonstrates that Britain's policies toward the Middle...

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence party (Ukip), declared that immigration has left towns and cities in Britain almost unrecognisable for many people over the last decade. He...

The University of Southampton has withdrawn permission for a conference next month on Israel and international law, citing "health and safety" concerns. The university has been under significant pressure...