The Women’s War
Wives and mothers voted Palestinian militants into power, knowing it would put their families in the front line of a new Middle East crisis. Christine Toomey moved in with the wives of a Hamas leader — and found Israel isn’t the only problem
A mixed blessing
Inside this Jewish child is a transplanted kidney — from an Arab boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers. Christine Toomey investigates his parents’ selfless decision to donate his organs to the children of ‘the enemy’, and the emotions it has stirred between implacable foes
Enough is enough
Behind the Arab-Israeli war are a growing number of desperate Palestinian and Israeli families who want peace, not revenge. But will their voices ever be heard? Christine Toomey repoarts. Main photographs by John Tordai
Can Iran’s young ring in the changes
As a crucial election looms, young Iranians are standing up against a repressive and brutal regime that makes women prisoners in their own homes and sentences child offenders to death. Christine Toomey meets the new freedom fighters
On the trail of the lost soldier
Two years ago, the 19-year-old Israeli conscript Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Palestinians. He has since become a pawn in the Middle East conflict. But where is he hidden? Christine Toomey goes to the Gaza Strip in search of the answer. Photographs: Heidi Levine
Date with terror
This man’s young disciples, trained in the cause of martyrdom, wrap themselves in explosives and blow up innocent Jewish civilians. Christine Toomey was invited to lunch with one of Israel’s most wanted and implacable enemies to discuss the politics of murder
Veiled Threats
Iran’s women are fighting for freedom – in what they wear and how they live. But will they be crushed by the Muslim regime. Photographs: Harriet Logan
Iraqi Christians
Al-Qaeda murdered 46 christians in a Catholic cathedral in Baghdad. Survivors ask: is the Iraqi government colluding in religious persecution? Hala Jaber and Christine Toomey report.
