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Donald MacIntyre

Donald Macintyre: Sharon could outflank 'opportunist' rival by founding new political party Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 31 August 2005

Having overwhelmingly dominated Israeli politics for the past five years, Ariel Sharon now faces some of the most difficult decisions in a career that started before the state itself.

Donald Macintyre: Israel's generous payoffs take the sting out of relocation Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 16 August 2005

One factor weighed by Gaza settlers deciding whether to heed the call to leave by midnight tonight, is the government's threat that they will lose some of the generous benefits allocated in compensation if they don't.

Donald Macintyre: A historic withdrawal - but there are many reasons to be cautious about the future Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 August 2005

The nightmare haunting Gaza moderates is that Hamas will claim the credit for driving Israel out

Donald Macintyre: What makes a suicide bomber? Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 13 July 2005

Most attackers approach their mission with light hearts, confident of its absolute rightness

Now the Palestinians need help from President Bush Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 01 March 2005

He could outline, and in writing, the concessions he expects in any final settlement

Have the Palestinians grown weary of war? Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 06 January 2005

'This intifada has not achieved our goals. It was not a mistake, but it went on too long'

Sharon puts Israel back on path that could yet end in peace Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 27 October 2004

Rejuvenated, perhaps, by his pivotal role as opposition leader in guaranteeing Ariel Sharon the parliamentary majority the Prime Minister's own deeply divided Likud party would otherwise deny him, Shimon Peres was optimistic when he met foreign journalists this week.

It's always possible that Mandelson will do a good job Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 24 July 2004

For the first time, he has the chance to move out from the incestuous relationship he has enjoyed with Blair

Palestinians risk squandering a moral victory Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 July 2004

The ICJ ruling marks the moment when 37 years of flouting the law caught up with Israel

A sporting chance for peace Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 06 July 2004

Maybe it's a sign of the global media's inability to handle contradictory messages from the same region at once, but the little town of Sakhnin in the Galilee would be a great deal better known internationally if it had not been for a cruel accident of timing. For on the very day back in May that the world's headlines were dominated by the killing of 10 demonstrators in Rafah, 150 miles to the south, the 35,000 residents of Sakhnin were celebrating the victory of their football team the previous night in Israel's equivalent of the FA Cup. And the significance of Sakhnin's 4-1 victory over Hapoel Haifa went way beyond the giant-killing triumph it undoubtedly was. It's not just that Sakhnin must be the poorest club to qualify for the next Uefa Cup contest - with scarcely a blade of grass on its somewhat lopsided pitch. It is also the first club from an Arab town to win the cup since Israel's foundation in 1948. Thirteen members of the full squad - like a large majority of the fans - are Israeli Arabs, in

The political shrewdness of Ariel Sharon Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 04 June 2004

No one could regard the dismantling of the biggest Jewish settlement block in Gaza as a small thing

A clarion call for Britain to make its influence tell Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 27 April 2004

The Foreign Office Office had an inkling last week that an unusually critical letter on British Middle East policy was on its way from a large number of ex-ambassadors. But it is unlikely to have realised just how stinging it would be.

Was this man a charismatic religious leader, or the uncompromising fomenter of violence? Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 23 March 2004

It was last September, the day after what now looks like a trial run for the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, easily the highest profile victimof Israel's policy of targeted assassinations.

Blair might be close to Bush, but he would be better off with Kerry in the White House Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 17 February 2004

A Democrat victory could exacerbate the PM's difficulties in the short term while offering respite post November

Warning to Labour: don't take a third general election victory for granted Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 12 February 2004

Mr Mandelson warned against surrendering to a malign coalition of the forces of the right and the 'oppositionist left'

Mr Blunkett's critics would be more persuasive if they recognised the things he gets right Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 10 February 2004

Liberals must be prepared to admit we have a duty to consider the price of rejecting any diminution of ancient rights

Yesterday's Commons debate revealed the truth of Blair's weakened position Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 05 February 2004

Michael Howard resorted to the rapier in comparing his own unpopularity when he was Home Secretary to that of the Prime Minister now

Any inquiry must examine the role of the politicians, not just the spies Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 03 February 2004

The crude political reality is that the dossier's effect on public opinion was outweighed by the damage to public trust

A complete victory - but Blair would do well to avoid a triumphal stance Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 29 January 2004

'...there is a real, and not wholly comfortable message for the media in Lord Hutton's remarks'

Chancellor was key, but PM showed steel in his gamble Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 28 January 2004

When in a moment of exquisite political theatre the Chief Whip, Hilary Armstrong, approached the Treasury Bench last night to whisper the result to a relatively impassive Tony Blair, it was John Prescott beside him who gave the game away with a huge and unmistakable grin.

There is only one winner if the Prime Minister is defeated tonight Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 27 January 2004

The blithe notion that Blair can be defeated without putting Labour's future at risk is as hollow as it is, to some, seductive

Farewell to the newspaper baron who ruined the Conservative Party Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 20 January 2004

Without Lord Black, the whole course of British politics might have been different over the last decade or more

The Government is beginning to win the argument with its MPs on top-up fees Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 15 January 2004

If legislation had been put off until after the next election, the universities' competitive edge would have been eroded all the more

Can Hutton explain why the Government refused a peace deal with the BBC? Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 13 January 2004

What Greg Dyke did not know was that the Government was pausing before launching a fresh onslaught on the BBC

Mr Howard's first mistake as leader: unprincipled opposition on top-up fees Independent Porfolio Content

Published: 06 January 2004

The Conservative policy is likely to be seen as cynical and opportunist, when these are the adjectives the Tories intend to hurl at Labour
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