the Arab spring

Will Israel always have America’s backing?

11 October 2025 9:00 am

The views of today’s young Americans should concern Israelis, says Marc Lynch. With no memory of Israel’s foundations in 1948, they are considerably more pro-Palestinian than their parents

Egypt on its knees: Friday prayers in Tahrir Square

A country in crisis

30 January 2016 9:00 am

Jack Shenker is a throwback to an older, more romantic age when foreign correspondents were angry, partisan and half-crazed with…