In The Economist
These are pieces I’ve written for the print edition. As a rule, they are freely accessible on the web for up to a year after being published. A “briefing” is a longer piece. Those with a (J) next to them were written jointly with someone else.
Israel and the Palestinians The bloody conundrum of Gaza The Israelis and Palestinians are trapped in a lethal stalemate, and the Islamists of Hamas refuse to be destroyed Mar 6th 2008
Israel’s war in Lebanon A prime minister gets away with it An inquiry commission blasts the army but lets the prime minister off the hook Jan 31st 2008
Israel, Egypt and the Gaza Strip The shifting balance of power Hamas’s breach of Gaza’s border with Egypt has changed all calculations Jan 31st 2008 (J)
The Gaza Strip Busting the blockade Israel’s attempts to squeeze the Gaza Strip are having unintended consequences Jan 24th 2008
Israel Where do we go from here? Israelis are enjoying calm and prosperity but worried about the future Jan 10th 2008
America and the Middle East Yo, anyone who fears Iran George Bush will not be greeted as a conquering hero Jan 3rd 2008 (J)
Yossi Beilin A dove departs A politician who paid the price for telling Israelis unpalatable truths Dec 19th 2007
Israel Negotiations on a knife-edge Israel’s government may not last long enough to strike a peace deal Dec 13th 2007
The Arab-Israeli summit in Annapolis Big turnout, small result An agreement on further peace talks, if not much else Nov 29th 2007
BRIEFING: The Annapolis summit Cinderella at Annapolis Muddled expectations and mismanaged diplomacy may mean that the Annapolis peace summit achieves far less than its backers once hoped Nov 22nd 2007
The Palestinian territories Has Hamas split? Reports of discord within Hamas may be exaggerated Nov 8th 2007
CORRESPONDENT’S DIARY: West Bank diary Grand tour Three millennia, one neighbourhood at a time Oct 19th 2007 Web only
The Gaza Strip A riddle of rockets Are the Palestinians’ weapons getting more lethal? Oct 11th 2007
Israel’s settlers One reason for the absence of peace How religious ideologues bent the Israeli state to their purpose Oct 11th 2007
The Palestinian territories Boost here, squeeze there A plan to rehabilitate Fatah and isolate Hamas Oct 4th 2007
Israel The land of Zion How the Jewish National Fund may have to change Sep 27th 2007
Israel and the Palestinians The remarkable survival of Ehud Olmert Does the Israeli prime minister’s resilience bring peace closer? Sep 20th 2007
Boycotting Israel New pariah on the block The campaign for sanctions against Israel is growing. But it faces resistance and is less effective than it looks Sep 13th 2007
Israel and Syria Mysterious happenings Talk of war, talk of peace Sep 13th 2007
Israel Home-grown Nazis A nasty surprise in Israel’s midst Sep 13th 2007
Israel and Palestine Still campaigning for co-existence There is still no shortage of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence projects, but serious activists are more sceptical of them than they used to be Aug 30th 2007
Israel Heading for the promised land A wave of Sudanese refugees may at last force Israel to enact an asylum law Aug 23rd 2007
Israel and Syria Rumours of war, and peace Hey, you, you’re making me nervous Aug 16th 2007
Israel’s economy Vigorous but vulnerable Israel worries about how to keep its economy as buoyant as it is Jul 26th 2007
The Palestinians Who’s in charge? The Palestinians’ rival groups-Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip-are grappling with the challenges of local rule Jul 19th 2007
The Palestinians The West Bank pimpernel pops up A Palestinian hero ceases fire—but for how long? Jul 19th 2007
Israel and Palestine The one-state option One state, two views Jul 19th 2007
The Palestinians The labours of Fayyad The Palestinians’ prime minister has a last chance to save the day Jul 5th 2007
Israel and Palestine Awkward pause No one knows what will happen next in the divided Palestinian territories Jun 28th 2007 (J)
BRIEFING: The Palestinians June amazed them From now on, the Palestinians are not themselvesJun 21st 2007
Reactions in the region Emotions not politics The Palestinians’ chances of avoiding the worst depend partly on others Jun 21st 2007 (J)
The Palestinians After the showdown A new political scene Jun 18th 2007 Web only
The Palestinians War between brothers The Palestinians’ two main groups are on the verge of a struggle that could split the two parts of a putative Palestinian state in half Jun 16th 2007
Conflict in Gaza Snatching power Hamas seizes control Jun 15th 2007 Web only
Palestine Not so glad to be gay It is getting harder for gay Palestinians to seek refuge in Israel or abroad Jun 7th 2007
Israel It could all soon change—but stay miserably the same The Labour party needs a leader, the coalition totters along and the opposition hopes to win a summer election May 31st 2007
BRIEFING: Israel and the Palestinians Forty years on The aftermath of the war of 1967 has been a story of squandered opportunities and deepening divisions among Israelis and Palestinians alike May 24th 2007
More pieces on Israel-Palestine here.
