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Israeli has a famously tetchy air-space defence system
Israeli jets nearly attack Blair

Israeli jets were scrambled into an attack formation to intercept a plane carrying former prime minister Tony Blair, it has been revealed. The incident occurred when Mr Blair was en route to Israel from a World Economic Forum in Egypt on Wednesday. Their response followed a failure of Mr Blair’s plane to identify itself to… Read more »

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Labour MPs are set to rebel over the 42-days proposal
Brown seeks 42-day compromise

A compromise proposal designed to pass Gordon Brown’s 42-day detention plans through the Commons is making it way around Westminster, according to government sources. The proposals involve new safeguards whereby extensions to the current 28-day detention limit would require parliamentary approval and a ‘yes’ vote in the Commons and the Lords. Concessions have already been… Read more »