Years of pressure from pro-Palestine civil society activists are paying off, as Miliband acknowledges: 'You were right' - what about those who were wrong? My article for @MiddleEastEye www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/long...

At long last, the UK is changing course on Israel

Years of pressure from pro-Palestine civil society activists are paying off, as Miliband acknowledges: 'You were right'

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It has been a year since Trump's 20 point plan for Gaza, and the announcement he would set up a Board of Peace. The BoP has bascially succeeded in its real purpose. My article in Arab News. www.arabnews.com/opinion/not-...

Not much has changed in Gaza’s year of ‘peace’

Not much has changed in Gaza’s year of ‘peace’

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Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine - My article on yesterday's announcement for Middle East Eye - This is a genuine step change in UK policy, overdue but so welcome www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...

Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine

It is a welcome shock to find a government prepared to be bold and take the lead. Those in favour of peace and justice in the Middle East will have to work hard to keep it on course

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Ahmad Hassoun gets a life sentence in Syria. I would not argue this is not merited but still as I wrote before, Syria and Syrians deserve a comprehensive, fair, credible transitional justice system which these rushed trials are not www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...

‘Barrel bomb mufti’ Ahmad Hassoun handed life sentence in Syria trial

Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan sentenced Hassoun to life in prison for crimes including inciting violence.

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Over 92% of Israelis believe Iran has won the war with the US. That is staggering, given Israelis rarely achieve that level of consensus on anything. This is why Netanyahu is in a huge pickle. www.timesofisrael.com/poll-92-of-i...

Poll: 92% of Israelis believe Iran emerged as winner after war and deal with US

Findings point to crisis of confidence in Israeli leadership, as majority of respondents don't believe PM's claims of achievements, rate his management of war poorly

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98 Parliamentarians demand action to stop ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ this Sunday, which will be selling properties in Israel's illegal settlements news.sky.com/story/politi...

Politics latest: Defiant Starmer says he will fight any leadership challenge as defence row escalates

Sir Keir Starmer is still without an armed forces minister after Al Carns resigned last night. Carns followed his boss John Healey out of government over a lack of funds for the military in the coming...

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Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements www.caabu.org/news/press-r...

Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements

Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements9 June 2026A total of 238 MPs have publicly expressed support for a full UK ban on tra...

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Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity. Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years. There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million through Gift Aid.

Join us for this online Caabu briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, Monday 22 June at 18:00 (BST UK time), with Baraa Shiban a @rusi.bsky.social Fellow in International Security, & researcher & political analyst on Yemen & the Gulf. caabu.org/events/caabu...

Yemen - in the shadow of regional conflicts: Caabu online briefing with Baraa Shiban

Caabu invites you to an online briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, on Monday 22 June 2026 at 18:00 (BST UK ti

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Most people across 36 countries view Israel negatively - especially younger generations. As Israel perpetrates genocide and war crimes, no amount of hasbara (propaganda) will change this. My interview on TRT World this afternoon youtu.be/FE0XiKHzTnE?...

Pew Research Center Survey: Most people across 36 countries view Israel negatively

YouTube video by TRT World Now

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My speech about UK policy on Palestine to the Britain Palestine Project Conference this week - in which I make clear the UK must end its complicity with Israel's genocide youtu.be/ri6M7o2m4ns

Chris Doyle tells Britain Palestine Project Conference UK must end its complicity with genocide

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Great that Superdrug has stopped selling Ahava cosmetics from illegal settlements. But settlement trade should be banned by the UK government. With my comments here. news.sky.com/story/superd...

Superdrug removes skincare brand as suspected cosmetic ingredients seen in West Bank Israeli settlement

Two influential committees of MPs have sought government action on settlement trade, with the Foreign Affairs Committee having recommended a ban on imports of goods from illegal settlements in the Wes...

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Still believe a US-Iran deal is possible - as I have argued for some time, the last few days before an agreement may be the toughest, as tensions rise, and extremists and hawks on all sides try to act as spoilers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Iran says it targeted American base after fresh US strikes

The hostilities come during a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, and protracted negotiations to end the three-month war.

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Great discussing the region in the light of the Iran war with Faisal Abbas @arabnewsic26.bsky.social arabnews @caabu.bsky.social not least to understand a Saudi perspective on events.https://youtu.be/ERemSU3easY?si=T9j25RloWzqLjJOb

"We're killing like we haven't killed since 1967," said Avi Bluth, IDF Central Command Chief, who grew up in the settlement of Neve Tzuf (formerly Halamish). www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

The IDF's West Bank chief could spark a third intifada | Editorial

Avi Bluth, the Head of the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, Has Never Hesitated to Share His Worldview, And, as Expected, It Is One That Is Both Distorte

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My article in Arab News on the costs of reconstruction & recovery in Gaza. "UN agencies churn out plenty of depressing studies, but few more so than the “Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment” report on Gaza published last week in conjunction with the World Bank & the EU." www.arabnews.com/node/2641457

Palestinians in the firing line as Netanyahu faces voters

UN agencies churn out plenty of depressing studies, but few more so than the “Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment” report on Gaza published last week in conjunction with the World Bank and the EU. It ca...

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My interview this morning on @aljazeera.com on the prospects for various talks between US and Iran but also Israel-Lebanon. In short my belief is that there will be a 2nd round between US & Iran youtu.be/ChqQw_UEulg

Caabu Director Chris Doyle on the prospects for further US-Iran talks, Al Jazeera English

YouTube video by Caabu

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Will be on LBC News at 1920 to discuss the Israel-Lebanon talks in the US happening as Israel is still bombing the country having killed over 2000 since 2 March.

The world must not look away as Israel continues to occupy and bomb Lebanon Pressure must be brought to bear for political negotiation between Israel and Lebanon, an immediate ceasefire and support for the Lebanese Government’s continued disarmament of Hezbollah www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Middle East crisis live: Iran war ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon, says Israel

Pakistan’s PM had said the ceasefire would cover Lebanon; IDF ‘continues fighting and ground operations’ against Hezbollah

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One of my interviews today on @ajenglish.bsky.social where I highlight the flawed US-Israeli presumption that this would be an easy war against Iran youtu.be/75u8XMuyT1M

Chris Doyle interviewed on Al Jazeera English about the US-Israel war on Iran,

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Earlier today discussed on @aljazeera.com the reaction of the GCC to the Iranian attacks after GCC S-G made a statement - losing patience with Iran www.caabu.org/news/video/c...

Caabu Director, Chris Doyle and Sultan Barakat discuss the reaction of GCC states to Iranian attacks

Caabu Director, Chris Doyle and Sultan Barakat discuss the reaction of GCC states to Iranian attacks - Al Jazeera English 26 March 2026

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Third party mediators are vital to end/pause this Iran war. Seems like Pakistan is one state that is trying. www.ft.com/content/dc7b...

Pakistan steps up as go-between in Trump’s Iran crisis

Military strongman Asim Munir uses Tehran ties and warm relationship with US president to boost mediation effort

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Apparently it would "very easy, quick, simple and safe" for NATO allies to secure the strait Hormuz

Will be on @lbc.co.uk with@matthew-wright.bsky.social at 0930 to discuss Iran and the UK decision to allow the US further use of UK bases at RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia

Report on how the war will affect Qatar's gas infrastructure and earnings - www.ft.com/content/25f1...

Qatar’s gas empire comes under fire

Iranian strikes on world’s largest LNG facility deal shock to state that has carved out role as a mediator of conflicts

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My interview on Al Jazeera English about the current situation re: the Middle East war, and why Trump's is weaker because he has failed to engage allies and treat them with respect youtu.be/11d4R6ahlZU

Chris Doyle interviewed on the latest on Iran on Al Jazeera English

YouTube video by Caabu

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Discussions on going to war have become a circus - This is by far the most low-grade debate on any conflict Britain has engaged in over the last three decades. Even in the run up to the Iraq war in 2002-2003 the analysis and debate were of a higher calibre www.arabnews.com/node/2635806

Discussions on going to war have become a circus

Ever since the mid-1990s, I have been deeply involved in the debates on every foreign intervention the UK has and has not made in the Middle East. This has meant protracted meetings with ministers, pa...

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How does this inane, vacuous, morally disgraceful, genocide denial ever get published? It is up there with Gove saying the IDF should get a Nobel Peace Prize. Israel gets away with war crimes, crimes against humanity, occupation of land for decades and genocide.

A concern of mine right from the start - the environmental impact. burning of fossil fuels, oil spills but also whenever bombing nuclear sites www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

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Wrote this before Starmer's decision last night for Arab News but much still stands. In short, any serious strategist knows this war on Iran is a massive gamble, with no clear aims, of dubious legality, and led by people who cannot be trusted. arab.news/cafbw

Why the UK did not join the war on Iran?

The American-Israeli strikes on Iran have been widely compared to the 2003 war on Iraq. As ever, there are significant commonalities and major differences. Back in 2003, it was the UK under Tony Blair...

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