Middle East

‘The low status of women in Syria and other Arab nations — as well as the cultural relativism practised by the agencies mandated to protect them — has resulted in abuse and violence’

Radical Islam is growing in Muslim countries that openly persecute their religious minorities. The West has so far turned a blind eye

Unapologetic terrorist or revolutionary? Menachem Begin is rightly de-demonised, but not whitewashed, in Avi Shilon’s new biography

Israel’s response to Hamas’s shower of rockets was proportionate but no Israeli deludes himself into thinking there is a military solution to the conflict

The President’s policy on the Arab Spring echoes Jimmy Carter’s reluctance to use force during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-80

‘The President’s guilt-inspired attitude towards Islam was set out in his Cairo speech of 2009, with the Muslim Brotherhood in the front row’

Dictatorships may not be lumbering behemoths, but William J Dobson overstates the extent to which authoritarians have changed their ways

‘As an honest broker between Israel and its Arab neighbours, Qatar might be able to buy an even greater prize than football or the rule of law’

‘Had it not been for the blood now drowning Syria, Europe’s honeymoon with the Damascus tyrant would still be continuing’