Palestine – Ian Birrell

The tragedy of Joe Biden: he betrayed democracy

Published by The i paper (23rd December, 2024) When Joe Biden took office as president of the United States, he insisted he was driven to run for the […]

Biden’s pickle over the Gaza protests

Published by The i paper (29th April, 2024) The students at Columbia University sat outside their tents, munching on beans and rice as they listened to one of […]

Arts / Covid19 / Film / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Binge-watching in the time of Covid-19: Fauda

Published by UnHerd (18th March, 2020) Perhaps it has something to do with a job that takes me to hotspots around the world but I am a sucker […]

Why Corbyn is unfit for office

Published by The ipaper (6th August, 2018) Two years ago I had a drink with a friend who runs a family business and is a prominent member of […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

A wounded father, his missing son and a slingshot army locked in war without end

Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th May, 2018) I met Raed Selawy as he lurched over the bumpy terrain on crutches with two freshly bandaged bullet wounds […]

Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society

Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]

Aid / Politics

The dirty dozen

Published by The Daily Mail (15th April 2016) Britain’s foreign aid budget keeps rising. Currently at £12 billion a year, it is due to soar during David Cameron’s two […]

Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Cash for terror: how the Palestinian Authority duped British backers

Published by The Jewish Chronicle (31st March, 2016) Ahmad Musa looks like a character in a gangster movie with his black leather jacket, slicked back hair and self-possessed […]

How British aid ends up funding terrorists

Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th March, 2015) Ahmad Musa sits beside me, a convicted double murderer sentenced to life in prison. As we talk, I ask […]

Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Summer on a kibbutz as Sharon dragged Israel into a quagmire

Published in The Independent (January 13th, 2014) In 1982, facing the long summer of a second-year student in the days of student grants, I followed a friend – […]

Africa / Congo / Rwanda

Gaza grabs the headlines as Congo once more descends into chaos

Published in The Observer (November 25th, 2012) Once again, the apparently insoluble struggle between Israel and Palestine has flared up before flickering into uneasy standoff. As usual, world […]