In all the weeks of Israel’s bombing and besiegement of Gaza, the leaders of America and Britain have continued to set new standards in distortion and deception. Cliche though it may be, one cannot help but be reminded of George Orwell's warnings about how...

It was a coincidence that Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy returned from a visit to Gaza in the very week a mountain in New Zealand was granted all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. An unfortunate coincidence, had anyone paid attention to...

Much of the world’s mind space has been taken up with Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade war but it’s worth thinking about his scattershot attempts at peace as well. Every city picked by the Trump administration to host international negotiations is in the Middle...