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Isabel Coles
How Trump brought Netanyahu’s longtime dream of Iran’s destruction within reach

Sun 15 Mar 2026

How Trump brought Netanyahu’s longtime dream of Iran’s destruction within reach
Isabel Coles
Inside Dimona: the secret nuclear site at the heart of Israel’s undeclared arsenal

Thu 12 Mar 2026

Inside Dimona: the secret nuclear site at the heart of Israel’s undeclared arsenal
Ceri Thomas
Bringing Iran to ‘Goldilocks’ point underpins the rationale behind this war

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Bringing Iran to ‘Goldilocks’ point underpins the rationale behind this war
Isabel Coles
Iranian missiles harden Israeli support for war

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Iranian missiles harden Israeli support for war
Oliver Marsden
Israel–Hezbollah strikes hit Beirut as Middle East war spreads

Mon 2 Mar 2026

Israel–Hezbollah strikes hit Beirut as Middle East war spreads
Sanam Mahloudji
You can’t bomb Iran into democracy

Mon 2 Mar 2026

You can’t bomb Iran into democracy
Ruth Michaelson
The attack on Ali Khamenei analysed

Mon 2 Mar 2026

The attack on Ali Khamenei analysed
Rachel Sylvester
Keir Starmer joins Europe in split with US over Iran airstrikes

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Keir Starmer joins Europe in split with US over Iran airstrikes
Avraham Burg
I won’t remain silent on this cynical war

Sat 28 Feb 2026

I won’t remain silent on this cynical war
Sara Weissel
Israelis head from synagogues to bomb shelters

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Israelis head from synagogues to bomb shelters
Ruth Michaelson
Trump vows ‘hour of freedom is at hand’ but opponents of Iranian regime fear only chaos will follow

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Trump vows ‘hour of freedom is at hand’ but opponents of Iranian regime fear only chaos will follow
Ruth Michaelson
Ayatollah dead after US and Israeli attacks on Iran

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Ayatollah dead after US and Israeli attacks on Iran
Chris Power
Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg
Kenan Malik
When free speech becomes weaponised, everybody loses

Sat 20 Dec 2025

When free speech becomes weaponised, everybody loses
Steve Bloomfield
They call it peace, but in storm-tossed Gaza, it looks like purgatory

Mon 15 Dec 2025

They call it peace, but in storm-tossed Gaza, it looks like purgatory
Megan Clement
Eurovision finally faces its Waterloo as four nations quit in protest at Israel’s inclusion

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Eurovision finally faces its Waterloo as four nations quit in protest at Israel’s inclusion
Steve Biddulph
Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD
Ruth Michaelson
Marwan Barghouti’s fate may rest in Trump’s hands

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Marwan Barghouti’s fate may rest in Trump’s hands
Ruth Michaelson
For one militia leader, rebuilding Gaza could mean big business

Sat 25 Oct 2025

For one militia leader, rebuilding Gaza could mean big business
Ruth Michaelson
‘There is still no ceasefire in the West Bank’

Thu 23 Oct 2025

‘There is still no ceasefire in the West Bank’
Ruth Michaelson
Tommy Robinson receives warm reception in Tel Aviv

Sun 19 Oct 2025

Tommy Robinson receives warm reception in Tel Aviv
Philip Collins
The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in

Sun 19 Oct 2025

The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in
Kenan Malik
Without a two-state solution, what hope is there?

Sun 19 Oct 2025

Without a two-state solution, what hope is there?
Peter Hain
What Gaza and Israel can learn from Northern Ireland

Sat 18 Oct 2025

What Gaza and Israel can learn from Northern Ireland
Ruth Michaelson
Netanyahu to escape a reckoning for 7 October failures

Sat 18 Oct 2025

Netanyahu to escape a reckoning for 7 October failures
Oliver Marsden
Tears, relief, fresh bruises – Palestinian prisoners return

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Tears, relief, fresh bruises – Palestinian prisoners return
Philip Collins
Trump’s speech to the Knesset, decoded

Mon 13 Oct 2025

Trump’s speech to the Knesset, decoded
Dahlia Scheindlin
‘We’re not going back to 6 October’

Mon 13 Oct 2025

‘We’re not going back to 6 October’
Ruth Michaelson
As living hostages return, a long wait begins for the dead

Mon 13 Oct 2025

As living hostages return, a long wait begins for the dead
Stephen Armstrong
A widow’s plea for the return of her husband’s body

Sun 12 Oct 2025

A widow’s plea for the return of her husband’s body
Steve Bloomfield
The burden of hope

Sun 12 Oct 2025

The burden of hope
In pictures: 7 October 2023 to 12 October 2025

Sun 12 Oct 2025

In pictures: 7 October 2023 to 12 October 2025
The Observer leader
The ceasefire must become a lasting peace

Sun 12 Oct 2025

The ceasefire must become a lasting peace
Dear Keir: grown-up advice from everyone’s favourite centrist

Mon 28 Apr 2025

Dear Keir: grown-up advice from everyone’s favourite centrist
Jude Rogers
Q&A: Hannah Bourne-Taylor, conservationist, 38

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Q&A: Hannah Bourne-Taylor, conservationist, 38
Tobias Jones
‘He was our grandfather’: crowds throng Rome for Francis’s final farewell

Sun 27 Apr 2025

‘He was our grandfather’: crowds throng Rome for Francis’s final farewell
James Tapper
Tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre, a ‘light for survivors’

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre, a ‘light for survivors’
Andrew Rawnsley
There’s no courting king Donald

Sat 26 Apr 2025

There’s no courting king Donald
David Baddiel
David Baddiel’s 13-course Sunday lunch

Fri 25 Apr 2025

David Baddiel’s 13-course Sunday lunch

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