‘To realise that Syria deserved the cold shoulder did not require the life of a prime minister’

‘The more Iran misbehaves, the more the West is ready to give’

Iraq begins to cut its own deals, and to reach for sovereignty

‘Our destiny is determined by benevolent and somewhat patronising philosopher kings’

‘A nuclear Iran is not just Israel’s problem. Stopping its programme is a paramount Western interest’

‘Europeans see Israel as a reminder of the demons of their own past, but it has also been presented as the cause of terrorism’