Obama’s Middle East breakthrough? Dream on

Seth Freedman reports from Ramallah and Jesusalem on the reality behind the high-falutin diplomacy

Naomi Klein takes the boycott to Israel

Despite her calls to 'boycott Israel', Naomi Klein has been speaking in Israel to promote her book

What they’re saying about: The Iraq war inquiry

Gordon Brown has announced an inquiry into the war - but it will be behind closed doors

Yemen's landscape of contrasts

The stunning scenery and architecture keeps Western tourists coming to Yemen, despite official advice

The illegal settlements

Despite international condemnation, 500,000 Israelis still live on occupied lands

Obama's Muslim mission

The US President has reached out to the Muslim world on a tour of the Middle East

Egyptian tycoon to hang for murder

Middle East astonished as Hisham Talaat Moustafa, a powerful figure in Egypt, is found guilty of murder of Suzanne Tamim

Charles Freeman: scalped by Israel lobby for talking sense on Middle East

Extensive experience of the Middle East counted for nothing against Neo-cons and pro-Israel senators

Tony Blair's reward for following the 'right' foreign policy

Toe the line with US and Israel like the former British PM and that pension fund will keep growing