Israel

Permanent stalemate in Gaza suits Netanyahu

2 March 2024 9:00 am

Jerusalem After midnight on Thursday is dead-time for the Israeli media. The weekend editions have gone to print (newspapers don’t…

I’m a rosé convert

17 February 2024 9:00 am

The miracle of limoncello

3 February 2024 9:00 am

John Fetterman’s noble support for Israel should be no surprise

28 January 2024 8:11 pm

Politicians are like bad boys: never fall in love with them, they’ll always hurt you in the end. But try…

It will be difficult for Israel to ignore this ICJ ruling

27 January 2024 8:04 pm

Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. Its decision…

Conrad Black adheres firmly to the ‘great man’ view of history

27 January 2024 9:00 am

The movers and shakers of Volume I of his projected history of the world are Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal rather than any socio-economic forces

My adventures in rosé

6 January 2024 9:00 am

Septuagenarians behaving badly: Stockholm, by Noa Yedlin, reviewed

6 January 2024 9:00 am

Four elderly people conspire, for different reasons, to keep the death of their friend a secret until he’s safely awarded the expected Nobel Prize for Economics

Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly seen as Israel’s curse

11 November 2023 9:00 am

  Jerusalem   On Tuesday, I was driving down to an Israeli army headquarters on the border with Gaza as…

The world is a mess. Why not find escapism through wine?

4 November 2023 9:00 am

In most children’s stories, the good characters live happily ever after. Works suitable for older readers tend to greater realism.…

What did Hamas think was going to happen?

4 November 2023 9:00 am

Much misfortune the woebegone couldn’t have seen coming: a raging fire in the house next door that spreads to yours.…

Letters: policing pro-Palestinian rallies isn’t an exact science

4 November 2023 9:00 am

Call for common justice Sir: Rod Liddle’s piece on the true desires of Palestinians was rare in its acceptance of…

What Hamas promised to its electorate

28 October 2023 9:00 am

Things you do not hear very often, number one: a pro-Palestinian protestor denouncing Hamas for the barbarity of its incursion…