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Donald MacIntyre

Donald Macintyre: Like it or not, Europe and America are going to have to start talking to Hamas

Published: 17 August 2007

Their exclusion risks shifting Hamas's centre of gravity even further towards the hardliners

Donald Macintyre: Blair faces a hard road in the Middle East

Published: 18 July 2007

The idea that the baggage he carries from Iraq will hurt relations with Palestinians is wide of the mark

Donald Macintyre: Blood flows as dust settles in Gaza's civil war

Published: 17 June 2007

With borders sealed, the Strip is set to become even more of a 'big prison', and as the dust settles after last week's carnage, Donald Macintyre talks to horrified Palestinians in Ramallah

Donald Macintyre: Universities should not be punished, say Palestinians seeking priceless places

Published: 31 May 2007

Saed Hasan, a software engineer at the Ramallah office of a US-owned IT company, GSSI, was thrilled to be offered a place on the prestigious Tel Aviv University Kellogg Recaniti MBA programme, a forcing ground for Israel's highest-flying executives.

Donald Macintyre: How 'national unity' has been soured by suspicions about outside interference

Published: 18 May 2007

As the factional fighting subsides, the Israeli strikes on Gaza, in response to the barrage of rocket attacks on the border town of Sderot, begin.

Donald Macintyre: Livni emerges as the only winner from Lebanese war

Published: 02 May 2007

As several cabinet members in Ehud Olmert's Kadima party gradually, and with varying enthusiasm, extended support - at least for now - to an exhausted Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni, the Foreign Minister, was keeping her counsel.

Donald Macintyre: Some reasons for hope in the Middle East

Published: 28 March 2007

The Riyadh summit could just have the potential to inject new momentum into the peace process

Donald Macintyre: Peter must remain careful

Published: 23 March 2007

As a character in the soap opera of British politics, Peter Mandelson is less of a box-office sensation than he once was. But even if that were not the case, his almost casual announcement yesterday that he would not seek a second term as EU trade commissioner is, on one level, not that surprising.

Donald Macintyre: Glimpse of how breakthrough could transform whole region

Published: 17 January 2007

The disclosure that there were nearly two years of secret talks between Syrian and Israeli interlocutors is not in itself that historic. Successive prime ministers in the 1990s, after all, pursued the diplomatic track with Damascus - and much more officially. Moreover, Alon Liel himself told Ha'aretz that such unofficial meetings had been fairly common and that there had been "no official Israeli connection" to the talks.

Donald Macintyre: Is it time for Israel to start talking to Syria?

Published: 29 December 2006

Proponents of talks argue it is up to Mr Olmert to explain to the US where Israel's true interests lie

Donald Macintyre: Blair could make things worse in Palestine

Published: 19 December 2006

If Britain was seen as the main backer of Mr Abbas and his plan, it would not help the standing of either

Donald Macintyre: Before any hope of progress, this truce must hold

Published: 27 November 2006

If the still fragile Gaza ceasefire holds, then logic, a commodity all too scarce in the Middle East, will have prevailed for once.

Donald Macintyre: A truce would have benefited both sides

Published: 14 September 2006

Kim Howells' retrospective admission that an earlier US/UK call for an immediate ceasefire "might have worked" will come as an all-too-belated statement of the obvious to many in Lebanon, where the huge - and mainly civilian - death toll would have been correspondingly lower if such a call had been made and heeded.

Donald Macintyre: The uncertain end to this war may make Israel quicker to seek negotiated solutions

Published: 15 August 2006

Israel, used to winning clear-cut victories in its many wars, will be traumatised by not doing so

Donald Macintyre: The Israelis support this war. But will they end up disappointed by the result?

Published: 02 August 2006

Olmert's emphasis on what had already been achieved suggests he thinks time is running out

Donald Macintyre: A milestone secured by luck, and a dash of opportunism

Published: 28 June 2006

Peace could hardly be a more distant prospect than now, as Israel's formidable armour continues to mass on the borders of Gaza, inside which an abducted, 19-year-old Israeli soldier is being held by armed Palestinian militants.

Donald Macintyre: This is no time to cut Palestinian aid

Published: 10 April 2006

The distinction between inflicting harm on the Palestinians and the Authority itself is unsustainable

Donald Macintyre: A moment of opportunity in Middle East

Published: 30 March 2006

Israelis are tiring of occupation; Hamas needs a moderate president

Donald Macintyre: A nation that needed to be built from scratch

Published: 10 February 2006

Whatever view you take of the idea of an architectural boycott, there is no doubt that the occupation of the West Bank and, until last August, Gaza, has provided an astonishing amount of work for builders and architects with Israeli clients.

Donald Macintyre: Don't dismiss Israel's desire for peace

Published: 07 January 2006

Sharon did not bring the public into the centre; rather, the public brought him

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

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

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

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?

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

Published: 01 March 2005

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