Adam Boulton of Sky News is puzzled about one aspect of Gordon Brown's visit to Israel:
He seems to have trouble with the word Jerusalem, repeatedly pronouncing it Joo-rislem. The only explanation we can find is that he’s trying to remember how his father, the Reverend Brown, named the Eternal City in Hebrew. I’m told that pronounced correctly in the local language the name should sound like Yerooshalyam (sic)
Or is he making a political point: Jew-rislem?
If one message has emerged in intelligence circles in recent weeks it is that Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is not all it was cracked up to be. The Ayatollah is sitting atop a papier mâché fort
When it comes to couples no longer together, my mother’s maxim is paramount: when you’ve got children, there’s no such thing as divorce
The last time the president was in power, Israel made peace with Arab nations for the first time in decades
The Syrian front will remain challenging for Israel – but the Sunni rebels are far weaker than the Shia axis
By ignoring hatred, excusing prejudice and enabling an atmosphere of hostility the authorities must share blame for the Melbourne synagogue firebombing
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