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Trump could bomb Iran again
President Trump has already warned Tehran that he’ll be back if Iran tries to revive and advance its nuclear programme,…
On the Israel-Syria border, death is always close
Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is desperate to stay on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel war. Most middle eastern states…
Come friendly bombs and fall on Iran
It is heartening to see the lefties out marching in defence of mullahs and their enlightened rule of Iran. The…
We should welcome regime change in Iran
On the first night of what Donald Trump has called the ‘12-day war’ between Israel and Iran, someone spray-painted a…
Let Kneecap play
During the Troubles, some 2,500 people were victims of kneecappings – punishment shootings, dished out by paramilitaries, for perceived crimes…
Israel’s attack on Iran has been planned for years
It was clear at the time that what happened on 7 October 2023 would change the Middle East. What was…
Letters: Israel’s attack on Iran was no surprise
Moral support Sir: All of Tim Shipman’s reasons for the PM’s reluctance to support Israel sound outwardly plausible, though, from…
Who’s pushing Trump to be an Iran hawk?
‘This never would have happened if I had been president,’ says Donald Trump, whenever the international news goes from bad…
What else could Israel do?
Over the past few days British readers have been able to enjoy a number of hot takes on the situation…
Striking Fordow will not solve the Iran problem
The world is watching Donald Trump to see if he will give his military the green light to use one…
In defence of Piers Morgan
‘What happened to Piers Morgan?’ asked a Spectator writer last weekend. The answer, according to slavishly pro-Israel commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti,…
Israel is going too far
I have kept my silence on the Middle East for ten years. I left Israel in 2015, after five years…
The derangement of Harvard
It is 60 years since William F. Buckley said that he would ‘rather be governed by the first 2,000 people…
Two hours of yakking about Israel: Giant, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed
Two hours of yakking about Israel. That’s all you get from Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Endless wittering laced…
Trump and Netanyahu go their separate ways
The release of Edan Alexander, the last living American-Israeli hostage held by Hamas, was a moment of profound relief for…
How come the only Palestinians Louis Theroux met were non-violent sweeties?
Louis Theroux: The Settlers was never likely to be a programme with much of a narrative arc – and so…
The moral shortcomings of Palestine Action
Pro-Palestinian activists under the banner of Palestine Action have been waging what it’s not too much of an exaggeration to…
The world is now inexorably divided – and the West must fight to survive
One side wants to preserve core Judeo-Christian values; the other, driven by Islamist extremists, seeks to establish a dangerous new world of deracinated individuals, says Melanie Phillips
Portrait of the week: Foreign aid cut, Pope in hospital and King pulls a pint
Home Before flying to Washington, Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, said: ‘We have to be ready to play our…
Who is responsible for the BBC’s Gaza documentary debacle?
In 2007, the BBC was engulfed in scandal for an embarrassing – if relatively trivial – misrepresentation of Queen Elizabeth…
Portrait of the week: US and Russia talk, Chiltern Firehouse burns and Duchess of Sussex rebrands
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, said that, to guarantee the security of Ukraine, he was ‘ready and willing’…
Why do Australian doctors want to kill Israeli patients?
Imagine the uproar if a white Christian doctor refused to treat a Muslim Arab patient – or worse, boasted of…
The case for ending the Israel-Hamas ceasefire
The question now facing Israel is this: will the war in Gaza recommence? The ceasefire agreement was signed less than a…
What will happen to Hamas’s tunnels?
Even if the third phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal is successfully completed and all hostages, alive and dead, are…
Trump’s ICC sanctions will test an outdated institution
Once you get beyond trade and maritime borders, you will find that much of international law is, pace Clausewitz, the continuation of…
