Nabil Najjar: The Government must take a tougher line to protect British nationals abroad

It’s no good boasting about this country’s ‘soft power’ arsenal if even our putative allies can take UK citizens hostage at will.

Garvan Walshe: A famous hawk – suspicious of Iran and a school reformer. And he won’t resign. No, I’m not talking about Gove…

The numbers in the Knesset are finely balanced, and the search is on for a figurehead to end Netanyahu’s decade in power.

Alexander Temerko: The relationship between business and government has never been as meaningless as under May

The key to a good Brexit is empowering UK entrepreneurs to talk to their European counterparts and become ambassadors for Downing Street’s plan.

Garvan Walshe: Why Khashoggi’s murder is Erdogan’s chance to strike

The killing gives Turkey’s autocrat the opportunity to make common cause with the Saudi prince’s enemies.

Josephine Hemmens: Transgender discrimination is wrong. But righting it mustn’t put people born as women in danger.

This process is clearly open to abuse from violent males, many of whom will go to any lengths to reach their victims.

Bob Seely: Ten steps to defend our country against the aggression and subversion of Putin’s Russia

Protecting our open society against threats from authoritarian states is an essential battle. We must not lose.

Julie Lenarz: A change in approach offers the best chance of ending the war in Yemen

Allowing Hodeidah, the country’s main port, to remain under the control of Houthi rebels is simply making the situation worse.

Johnson’s reset moment. He should tour Brexit Britain to defend the referendum result.

Say what you like about him (and many do), the recently-resigned Foreign Secretary is one of the very few Tories with voter cut-through.

Robert Halfon: AK47s, pluralism, war, students, cigars – and I get high. What I saw amidst Kurdistan’s fledgeling democracy.

I hope that, one day, it is no longer just an autonomous region in Iraq, but gets the independence it deserves.

Eric Pickles: Netanyahu is in Britain. And the Duke of Cambridge will visit Israel – a sign that the two countries are drawing even closer.

But it is important to acknowledge that there are growing concerns within Israel about the rise of antisemitism in Britain.

Garvan Walshe: Gaza. Israel leaps into Hamas’s trap.

The use of live ammunition is the result of decisions either made or approved by the defence minister.

Violence in Gaza. Israel’s Government discounts Britain’s view.

The hard truth is that for the country’s politicians what European governments think is of secondary importance. What counts is Congress and Trump.

Ben Roback: On Iran, Trump again displays the art of breaking deals

The President is often taken literally but not seriously, whereas he should be taken seriously but not literally.

Daniel Kawczynski: We must back Trump’s withdrawal of support from the Iran deal

Obama and his partners ignored the loudly-voiced concerns of our key Gulf strategic partners and Israel that the deal ignored potential Iranian interference in the region.

WATCH: Trump announces that America will withdraw from the Iran deal

“In just a short period of time, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapon.”