Daily animal picture: Palestinian horse smugglers

Palestinians attempt to calm a horse smuggled through tunnels between Rafah in the Gaza Strip and Egypt

Palestinians missing out on a £2bn energy fortune

Gaza could have been a ‘Dubai on the Mediterranean’ with its huge gas reserves

Waltz with Bashir out of step with Lebanese

The Oscar-nominated film documenting Israel's war atrocities during its 1982 invasion of Lebanon is banned in Beirut

Avigdor Lieberman: Israel’s new hard man

The ultra-right-wing tough-talking ex-bouncer could force his way into Israel’s government

Israel – not the BBC – is the villain of Gaza

If the protesting luvvies really wanted to make a point about Gaza, they'd attack Israel and the British government

Pic of the Day: Pakistan children's protest

Pakistani children hold toy guns as they take a part in a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive

War reporters are crucial to report Gaza’s true horror

Israel's banning of journalists in Gaza has led to skewed information on both sides

Pic of the Day: Israeli army advance

Israeli army soldiers advance inside Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with the Hamas-governed territory

Tony Blair’s accolade for human rights defies satire

The former Prime Minister has never stood up for the poor and disenfranchised, writes Matthew Carr