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Sorry Keir Starmer, the Middle East does not listen to Britain any more

Britain’s PM visited the Gulf and said many of the right things. But when you do the wrong things, words don’t matter.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Al Sakhir Palace in Bahrain, Thursday, April 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

Why the world should worry about Israel’s nuclear doctrine

The threshold the Israeli authorities have set for the use of a nuclear weapon is dangerously low.

Israeli soldiers work at the scene of damage after Iranian missile barrages struck Dimona, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in southern Israel March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ilan Assayag ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL

The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

Moral clarity has not shifted Western policy; persuasion must extend into the arenas where power actually sits.

Protesters march along Whitehall for Palestine on January 31, 2026, in London, UK

The UK’s shrinking centre is Keir Starmer’s real crisis

The political settlement underpinning Labour’s governing model is starting to fracture.

For Starmer, the challenge is not just electoral management, but narrative reconstruction., writes Ahmed Najar (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, pool)

The UK is now willing to undermine British institutions to protect Israel

British football fans are regularly banned without scandal. Why is it that Israeli fans cannot be?

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters gather at De Dam in Amsterdam

Alaa Abdelfattah and Britain’s selective outrage

A former political prisoner is facing calls for deportation while war criminals are welcomed with opened arms.

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, stands next to his mother, Laila Soueif, and sister, Sanaa, at home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

When Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate

Israel and its supporters would have you believe that just being a Palestinian is a lethal threat.

An Israeli settler burns a Palestinian flag during a Palestinian protest against a Jewish settlement outpost, in Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

Shaming Israel for Gaza genocide could embolden it, unless it is punished

Calling genocide by its name means nothing without action to stop it.

epa12373609 A person holds a placard during a demonstration under the slogan 'No weapons in war zones! Peace instead of arms race! Stop the genocide in Gaza!' organized by the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) party in Berlin, Germany, 13 September 2025. EPA/FILIP SINGER

The real reason why Israel is arming gangs in Gaza

The Israeli government is intentionally creating chaos in Gaza to justify its colonial rule.

A member of security forces loyal to Hamas stands guard as trucks carrying humanitarian aid coming in from the Kerem Shalom border crossing (also known as Karem Abu Salem) arrive at the town of al-Shoka, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 21, 2025 following a ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Israel kills, lies, and the Western media believe it

The execution of 15 Gaza medics and rescuers demonstrates just how normalised the dehumanisation of Palestinians is.

Palestinians mourn medics killed by Israeli forces.