Blog posts tagged "Israel"

April 14, 2009 4:55 pm 7 Comments

A former CIA contact of mine with specialist knowledge on the Middle East, and good connections, suggests there could be moves inside the embryonic Netanyahu government to reopen the question of bombing Iran. Such rumours – and I will restate we are just talking about the reopening of a question – have to be taken [...]

March 24, 2009 5:36 pm No Comments

Twice in the past week I have attended events focusing on Israel’s assault on Gaza. Last week an organisation called Just Journalism invited me to participate in a debate at Hampstead Town Hall. Yesterday another organisation called Hoping invited me to a private gathering in Notting Hill to hear the UNRWA director in Gaza, John [...]

February 11, 2009 3:46 pm 3 Comments

Given that Israel voted yesterday on the heels of the recent Gaza conflict, I thought I would return to a blog I did during my visit to shoot a Dispatches programme, Unseen Gaza, last month. Here it is. There is nothing quite so instructive as the 5.00am start from Jerusalem down the highway to Ben [...]

January 22, 2009 12:46 pm 197 Comments

The consequences of the Israeli invasion of Gaza are now clear to see. My colleague, Channel 4 News reporter Jonathan Miller, managed to drive the 24-mile length of the Gaza Strip yesterday, and his report makes necessary viewing for anyone who wishes to take a view on the Middle East conflict. For, in fact, Muslim [...]