Paul Adams

Paul Adams BBC diplomatic correspondent Reuters A headline in Israel’s liberal daily Ha’aretz this week put it starkly: “Diplomatic tsunami nears,” it warned, “as Europe begins to act against Israel’s ‘complete madness’ in Gaza.” This week’s diplomatic assault has taken […]

After more than a year and a half of the war in Gaza, Britain appears to have finally lost patience with Israel. Speaking to MPs, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy sounded genuinely angry. Sir Keir

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says a “huge amount” has happened since his “coalition of the willing” idea first surfaced at his Lancaster House summit a fortnight ago. He is not wrong: US-Ukrainian relations have been on a rollercoaster

As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says, “the ball is now in Russia’s court.” This is a significant moment. The joint statement from the US and Ukraine, after a long day of talks in Jeddah, contains several key lines,

The precise significance of US intelligence to Ukraine’s war effort has, for obvious reasons, never been spelled out in detail. But most analysts agree that it performs two important functions: helping Ukraine to plan offensive operations against Russian forces, and

Paul Adams BBC News, Jerusalem Getty Images Jabalia, in northern Gaza, was once a bustling and tightly-packed refugee camp Jabalia, viewed from the air, is breathtaking. A Hiroshima-like wasteland stretches as far as the eye can see. The mangled carcasses

Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent Reuters Palestinians in Gaza are trying to put their lives back together in the current, fragile peace Where next? The first six-week phase of the Gaza ceasefire ends on Saturday. The 42 days since 19 January

EPA About 1,200 people were killed when Hamas attacked Israeli communities, military bases and a music festival on 7 October 2023 Israel’s military has published its first official account of the mistakes that led to its failures during Hamas’s 7

Paul Adams BBC News, West Bank EPA The month-long operation has displaced about 40,000 Palestinians from four camps in the West Bank “The army forced us out. Me, my wife and family. We took nothing with us.” Alaa Ofi is

Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent BBC Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert presented a two-state solution in 2008 “In the next 50 years, you will not find one Israeli leader that will propose to you what I propose to you now.