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Brown bids to break deadlock on peace deal for Middle East

16.10.09

Gordon Brown held fresh talks with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu who is threatening to pull his country out of the Middle East peace process... more

WORLD: Obama poised to bring both sides in Middle East together

26.08.09

Barack Obama was said to be on the brink of sealing a deal between the Israelis and Palestinians that would allow the stalled Middle East peace talks to be revived... more

Banned from swimming pool for following her religion

12.08.09

Muslim woman was banned from her local swimming pool in France for wearing a 'burkini' — a bathing suit which covers her head and body... more

Terrorist group threatens Brüno star over kidnap joke

28.07.09

Brüno star Sacha Baron Cohen has been threatened by a terrorist organisation he ridiculed in the hit satire... more

Palestinians reject idea of state without army

15.06.09

Palestinians rejected a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would endorse a Palestinian state - but only if it was not allowed its own army... more

Brave words for a new peace with the Muslim world

05.06.09

With his speech in Cairo, the President has gone a long way towards repairing the damage of the Bush years... more

Obama's message to Muslims sent by text

04.06.09

Barack Obama will use texting to ensure his message of reconciliation with the Muslim world reaches as wide an audience as possible... more

Israel snubs Clinton’s call for settlement halt

28.05.09

Israel said it would continue construction in West Bank settlements despite US calls to stop... more

Obama urges Israeli PM to accept Palestine as a state

19.05.09

The US President has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Palestinian state... more

Pope visits Nazareth to call for peaceful co-existence

14.05.09

Pope Benedict greeted tens of thousands of followers in Nazareth with a message of reconciliation, urging Christians and Muslims in the city to “reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice”... more

Jordan's king warns of new Mid-East war within a year

11.05.09

America is promoting a peace agreement for the Middle East aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs, Jordan's King Abdullah said... more

Pope recalls Pope lays Holocaust row to rest

11.05.09

The Pope has used his first speech in Israel as an exercise in damage control over his reinstatement of a bishop who denied the Holocaust... more

Pope arrives in Jordan to Islamic leaders' protests

08.05.09

The Pope started a week-long tour of the Middle East in Jordan and was condemned by Islamic leaders for a speech in 2006 when he implied Muslims were violent and irrational... more

Let Gaza aid through, Brown urges Israel

05.02.09

Gordon Brown made a fresh appeal to Israel to help aid get to the victims of the Gaza conflict after talks at Downing Street with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas... more

Subversive beauty in Unveiled

30.01.09

There's delicacy, originality and sexual ambiguity in Unveiled: New Art From the Middle East at the Saatchi Gallery.... more

The secret report at heart of BBC’s Gaza paranoia

27.01.09

As protesters invade Broadcasting House, the Evening Standard reveals how a review upholding complaints of bias has shaped the BBC’s response to the Palestine appeal ... more

Family of 7 killed as Israel sets out to split Gaza City from rest of territory

05.01.09

A family of seven was reported killed while a further three Palestinian children died after being hit by an Israeli tank shell as fighting continued to rage in Gaza... more

Only Obama can end this bloody stalemate as Gaza cries for help

29.12.08

As Israel prepares an all-out attack on Hamas, one expert on the region says that a new US President must now seize his chance to intervene... more

Police on alert after riot at Israel's London embassy

29.12.08

Riot police were on standby in London after pro-Palestinian demonstrators tried to storm the Israeli embassy... more

Israel: ‘War to the bitter end’ against Hamas

29.12.08

Israel has vowed "war to the bitter end" with Hamas as it stepped up its bombardment of the Gaza strip... more

Year by year, how infighting and war with Israel have reduced Gaza to ashes

29.12.08

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Miliband in showdown over West Bank exports

17.11.08

Foreign Secretary David Miliband is on a collision course with Israeli leaders over "illegal" exports of food to Britain from Jewish settlements in the West Bank... more

Welcome to Ramallah misses the mark

30.09.08

There is drama to be written on the emotive topic of the Israel/Palestine conflict and the occupation of the West Bank. ... more

Stop pandering to the Islamist extremists

07.07.08

Four suicide bombers on London's transport system is what it took to jolt Britain awake in 2005... more

No, it's not Banksy...

23.05.08

Street Art is now a big enough phenomenon to warrant a spectacular exhibition all over the walls of Tate Modern - but why isn't Britain's biggest exponent involved?... more

A night with music's master communicator

29.01.08

Daniel Barenboim is a man who likes to live dangerously and whose credo is articulated through his music-making.... more

The piano player who sounds like an orchestra

16.01.08

After accepting Palestinian citizenship, Israeli Daniel Barenboim is to perform 32 Beethoven sonatas in London.... more

Banksy strikes again in Bethlehem

03.12.07

Elusive graffiti artist Banksy has struck again in the Holy Land with a series of stencilled works on the security wall in Bethlehem.... more

Banksy mural on the market

18.05.07

Controversial street artist Banksy is catching the eye of commuters with an provocative image of a girl being pulled into a cash machine by a robotic arm... more

DVD reviews: Racing the block

29.08.06

In this week's DVD releases Bruce Willis is back in action and a Palestinian film about a pair of would-be suicide bombers offers chilling insights about life in the West Bank.... more