Peter Oborne

Peter Oborne won best commentary/blogging in 2017 and was named freelancer of the year in 2016 at the Online Media Awards for articles he wrote for Middle East Eye. He also was British Press Awards Columnist of the Year 2013. He resigned as chief political columnist of the Daily Telegraph in 2015. His books include The Triumph of the Political Class, The Rise of Political Lying, and Why the West is Wrong about Nuclear Iran.

The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye.

Photo: Mohammed Morsi raises his hands from behind the defendant’s cage as the judge reads out his verdict sentencing him and more than 100 other defendants to death at the police academy in Cairo in May 2015 (AFP)

Items by Peter Oborne

- October 22, 2023 Peter Oborne
Israel-Palestine war: Archbishop of Canterbury calls for Gaza ceasefire in break from UK policy

In a break from official British policy, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on Sunday issued an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israel’s bombing of civilians. The archbishop joined forces with other Christian leaders in Jerusalem to demand an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire so that...
- January 6, 2023 Peter Oborne
Ben-Gvir provocative storming shows Israel is seizing control of Al-Aqsa

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli far-right politician and leader of the Jewish Power Party, has visited Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards many times before. But never as a minister in the Israeli government. That is what made Tuesday’s storming from the country’s new Security Chief pregnant with danger. It sent out the signal that...
- October 11, 2022 Peter Oborne
UK embassy in Israel: William Hague condemns proposed Jerusalem move

Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague has sensationally stepped into the controversy of whether to move the UK’s Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, warning Liz Truss that to do so would align her government with Donald Trump. In a shock intervention that will have taken Downing Street by...
- October 9, 2022 Peter Oborne
UK embassy in Israel: Archbishop of Canterbury 'concerned' by possible move to Jerusalem

Church leaders in the UK have jointly expressed alarm at the “potential impact” if the British government moves its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a rare intervention, a spokesperson told Middle East Eye that Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is “concerned” about the move, which was floated...
- October 5, 2022 Peter Oborne
UK 'already owns land for embassy in Jerusalem', pro-Israel group tells Tory MPs

Middle East Eye obtains briefing note sent out by Conservative Friends of Israel making case for moving embassy from Tel Aviv...
- July 20, 2022 Peter Oborne
Attacks on Penny Mordaunt are fresh evidence of Tory Islamophobia

Six years ago, Tory Zac Goldsmith led one of the most bigoted campaigns in modern British history when he ran to be mayor of London. Rather than play straight, he concentrated on the religion of his Labour opponent, charging that Sadiq Khan was an apologist for “extremists” and thus unfit for office. This policy...
- June 15, 2017 Peter Oborne
Morsi may die in an Egyptian prison. It's time the British government spoke up

The latest bulletins concerning the health of ex-president Mohamed Morsi of Egypt are terrible. Morsi has been held in custody since the July 2013 military coup which saw him overthrown and brought Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to power. In cases criticised by Western governments, human rights groups and the UN, Egyptian courts...