David Smith on the time he spent with Yasir Arafat, the former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization

The Widow is intelligent television that probes the dark side of the international aid industry

The violence that’s receiving much less media coverage than Gaza

Israel will remain intact and strong. Gaza will stay poor and isolated

Fantastical elements of the ‘cyberattack’ on Iran do nothing but delay the inevitable: a bomb is still coming — just not quite yet

Sheldon Adelson, one of Trump’s largest individual donors, has died; leaving his wife to continue their high-stakes political influence over America and Israel

As the remnants of Israel’s left implode and the hard-right strengthens further, Israel needs voices like Khamis’s more than ever

Adam LeBor has found one of the most immersive, and exhausting, experiences television has to offer

A toxic mix of porn and “woke” feminism has produced a dangerous new misogyny

If the ICC had brought more warlords to justice, it might have earned our respect