Tony Karon asks whether Hamas’ decision to leave Damascus and move away from Iran will please Israel or the US.

Salman Shaikh writes for Foreign Policy magazine and asks the question: “Why doesn’t Israel understand the Arab Spring?”

David Cameron discusses the Middle East Peace Process with the Palestinian President.

Daniel Levy, Mustapha Barghouti, Dore Gold and Aaron David Miller debate whether “The U.N. Should Admit Palestine as a Full Member State” at a Slate/Intelligence Squared debate.

Robin Kealy, Chairman of Medical Aid for Palestinians, tells CMEC why he thinks that it is the Israelis, not the Palestinians, who have been preventing progress towards peace.

Daniel Taub, Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, tells CMEC why he, and others, think that a Palestinian bid for statehood undermines all the progress made at the negotiating table.

Baroness Morris of Bolton, CMEC Chairman, spoke last week at a debate on Christians in the Middle East in the House of Lords. She drew particular attention to the plight of Christians in Palestine, calling for greater tolerance in the region and an appreciation of the benefits of religious diversity.

Returning from the Gaza Strip, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Atkins MEP tells CMEC about his experience and calls for relief for the critical situation he witnessed there.

CMEC President the Rt Hon Nicholas Soames MP urges the Foreign Secretary to consider a positive vote at the UN Security Council on the Palestinian UN bid.