Contradictions doom Sunday’s Gaza international donor summit and likely mean that the asked for $4 bn will not be raised

After years in the shadows, Israel’s Mizrahi Jews are celebrating their Arab origins – and proclaiming that they are the country’s true democratic voice

Israel’s behaviour is in itself forcing Britons to lose faith in its cause, which has now become heavy baggage to be repudiated

Some factions inside the PKK are angling for war but Ocalan for now is still urging for peace

Blockade to ease, with severe oversight of rebuilding materials by Israel in what is basically an upgrade of Strip’s prison status

After decades of foreign terror, Iraqis now take up arms to confront a terror from within: IS’s threat to history and culture