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Megan Clement
Eurovision finally faces its Waterloo as four nations quit in protest at Israel’s inclusion
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a pardon
36 mins • S1, E292
Gaza is trapped in limbo
9 mins • S1, E1242
Steve Biddulph
Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Marwan Barghouti’s fate may rest in Trump’s hands
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
For one militia leader, rebuilding Gaza could mean big business
Sat 25 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
‘There is still no ceasefire in the West Bank’
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Tommy Robinson receives warm reception in Tel Aviv
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Philip Collins
The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Kenan Malik
Without a two-state solution, what hope is there?
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Peter Hain
What Gaza and Israel can learn from Northern Ireland
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Netanyahu to escape a reckoning for 7 October failures
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Oliver Marsden
Tears, relief, fresh bruises – Palestinian prisoners return
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Philip Collins
Trump’s speech to the Knesset, decoded
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Dahlia Scheindlin
‘We’re not going back to 6 October’
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Ruth Michaelson
As living hostages return, a long wait begins for the dead
Mon 13 Oct 2025
The return of the hostages
26 mins • S1, E277
Stephen Armstrong
A widow’s plea for the return of her husband’s body
Sun 12 Oct 2025
Steve Bloomfield
The burden of hope
Sun 12 Oct 2025
In pictures: 7 October 2023 to 12 October 2025
Sun 12 Oct 2025
The Observer leader
The ceasefire must become a lasting peace
Sun 12 Oct 2025
James Rubin
I worked on a Gaza peace plan with Blair
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Daniella Peled
I want the hostages home – but what comes next?
Fri 10 Oct 2025
Ceasefire in Gaza
9 mins • S1, E1209
Ruth Michaelson
Hope for Gaza at last, but deep-rooted challenges remain
Thu 9 Oct 2025
Etgar Keret
There seems to be no end to this murderous routine
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Avraham Burg
The day that never ended
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Is Marwan Barghouti Palestine’s next leader?
Mon 22 Sept 2025
Isabel Coles
In the West Bank, statehood feels increasingly impossible
Sun 21 Sept 2025
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation reveals Trump’s authoritarianism
32 mins • S1, E269
Israel launches Gaza City offensive
7 mins • S1, E1192
Ruth Michaelson
Sondos’ choice: face Israel’s bombs or flee and lose her home
Sun 14 Sept 2025
Isabel Coles
Netanyahu faces tough battle at home
Sun 14 Sept 2025
Bernard Gray
Israel’s strike on Qatar dispels any belief that it is focused on peace
Fri 12 Sept 2025
The difficulty delivering aid to Gaza
10 mins • S1, E1183
Isabel Coles
As protests hit TV, Israelis can't look away from plight of Gaza
Sun 17 Aug 2025
The death of a Palestinian activist in the West Bank
9 mins • S1, E1168
Why did Israel target and kill an Al Jazeera journalist?
36 mins • S1, E259
Sharone Lifschitz
Family of hostages call decision to annex Gaza ‘profoundly disturbing’
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Matthew Bishop
Norway’s wealth fund ordered to review investments in Israel
Sun 10 Aug 2025
How much aid is getting through to Gaza?
7 mins • S1, E1158
Oliver Marsden
Gaza is starving despite Israel’s denials
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Dahlia Scheindlin
Israelis find slogans are not enough to end Gaza hell
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Steve Bloomfield
The diplomatic scales are tilting towards recognition for Palestine
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Alex de Waal
Those who cover up famine in Gaza use a familiar playbook
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Ruth Michaelson
‘In Gaza, $2,000 won’t even buy two weeks’ bread’
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Catherine Neilan
More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Fred Harter
US diplomat’s comments are reminder of Israel’s other front
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Oliver Marsden
Hezbollah must decide: disarm, fight on or turn fully to politics
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Dalia Hatuqa
‘Rafah proposal masks plan for mass deportation’
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Live in confinement, or leave for ever: Israel’s grim offer to Gazans
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Peter Pomerantsev
Trump’s feel-bad foreign policy is guided by emotion, not logic
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Sanam Mahloudji
You can't bomb Iran into democracy
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Fred Harter
The history of now: Israel and Iran
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Philippe Sands
International law does not permit regime change in Iran
Sun 22 Jun 2025
The Observer leader
The Observer view: Iran’s Berlin moment
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Dr Lina Khatib
The UK needs to prepare for regime change in Tehran
Sat 21 Jun 2025
Rana Rahimpour
‘We don’t want Israel or the US handing us freedom on a drone.’ Tehran reacts to strikes
Thu 19 Jun 2025
David Aaronovitch
An ‘easy target’? Killing the ayatollah would be almost unprecedented
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Fred Harter
Israel says Iran was months from a nuclear weapon. Others aren’t so sure
Tue 17 Jun 2025
Why is Benjamin Netanyahu striking Iran?
8 mins • S1, E1127
Chloe Hadjimatheou
Israel’s strikes represent a stern test for Iran’s ayatollahs
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Steve Bloomfield
No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Jack Straw
Iran’s nuclear brinkmanship can't mask decline
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Daniella Peled
Any Israeli sense of victory will be short lived
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Rana Rahimpour
After panic and anger, Tehran imagines life without the regime
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Chloe Hadjimatheou
The sex scandal that could bring down the ICC
Sat 7 Jun 2025
The Observer leader
It is time to recognise Palestine
Sun 25 May 2025
Ruth Michaelson
Israel defies plea to end Gaza aid blockade
Sun 25 May 2025
Kenan Malik
Kenan Malik: Israel is hunting a monster that it helped to create
Sat 24 May 2025
Lilly Cheslaw
Mass starvation warnings in Gaza
Wed 21 May 2025
Lilly Cheslaw
Israel plans to conquer Gaza
Fri 9 May 2025
