Throughout the week, our correspondent in Israel will be sending photos and updates from a tour of the country. Check back regularly for new images and stories.
Ten years later
posted by John Mullin
On the 10th anniversary of the 11 September, 2001 attacks in the United States, John Mullin finds time to reflect -- from his new home, 90 minutes from Baghdad -- on how his life and the world have changed.
Young Israel, part 2...
posted by John Mullin
John Mullin completes his series on "Young Israel" with an examination of the competing drives of Israeli politics: the conflicting desires of maintaining a Jewish state and opening up Israel as a multicultural democracy.
The end of Qaddafi a...
posted by John Mullin
The Arab Spring has brought with it a number of surprises and major political and social upheavals. John Mullin looks at a few of them and imagines what the future might have in store for the Middle East.