A former aid worker who worked in Gaza for two years in the mid-2000s writes to his friends there.
The latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be traced to decisions made since 2004. Its solution lies in a recognition of strategic reality, says Eóin Murray.
"How surprising the familiar always is", remarks Irish novelist John Banville in The Book of Evidence. On 24 May 2007 the most exciting election seen in a generation
The kidnapping of the BBC journalist Alan Johnston on 12 March 2007 is closely tied to the security situation in the Palestinian territory, says his friend Eóin Murray.
Today, Monday
The electoral earthquake in Palestine has produced a new political landscape which Palestinians, Israelis and the international community all now have to face, says Eóin Murray.
On Friday night, 27
One fine January day, while monitoring the 2005 municipal elections in the Gaza strip, I remember an elderly Palestinian woman dragging her seven daughters to the polling station declaring her
When Alexander the Great reached the southeast Mediterranean he encountered resistance along the coast of what is now Israel. To deter any other rebellious towns he crucified 2,000 men,
There are moments, incidents, opportunities in history where a single event galvanises the public mood and makes change possible. The eventual result can be overwhelming: Rosa Parks sitting in a
As light fades over Gaza city a cool calm sets in. Daylight ends abruptly each evening around 6pm. Within a few hours, as every night, the F-16 fighter jets and
