New Statesman

The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats has told a fringe meeting at the party's conference that they are fully supportive of the Palestinian application for recognition of an...

How far should artists and academics be held accountable for the actions of their government? The question was powerfully raised when the Israeli national theatre group, Habima, performed at...

May 8 2012 In my blog entry in October 2011 I commented on the decision of the British government to issue a banning order against Sheikh Raed Salah, the...

Al Jazeera is an enigma – although owned by an absolute monarch, it's hailed as an independent voice in a region scarred by tyranny. Mehdi Hasan visits its headquarters...

It is interesting to note that a recent robust defence of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre's planned "Museum of Tolerance" in Jerusalem uses an attack on the credibility of Sheikh...