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Items by Alexander Morris
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Debunked: 'From the river to the sea is anti-Semitic'
MEMO explains the roots behind the Palestine liberation slogan 'from the river to the sea'. If you’re one of millions that has attended a pro-Palestine protest in recent weeks, you will have heard this chant. But pro-Israel politicians and media pundits are trying to claim this 60-year-old Palestine liberation...
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The secret of Saudi's football spending spree
The Saudi Pro League has become an overnight leader in football spending. In just a few months, it has acquired some of the beautiful game's biggest talents, and is on course to be the biggest spender of any football league. MEMO takes a deep dive into the secrets behind...
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Explained: How Lebanon stops Israel violating its border
From farmers armed with pitchforks to well equipped soldiers, the Lebanese are resisting Israeli incursions at their southern border. At a border tour for foreign diplomats, a Lebanese general explained how the Blue Line - the existing border created after Israel withdrew from its occupation of south Lebanon -...
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A week in the life of Baghdad after the 2003 US invasion
Our River, Our Sky is a film set in Baghdad in 2006, it highlights the realities of ordinary life at a time of intense sectarian violence and nightly curfews following the 2003 US invasion. MEMO talks to British-Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi...
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The US-trained Afghan Commandos Fighting for Putin
Afghan special forces are being drafted into the Ukraine War to fight alongside Russian mercenaries known as the Wagner Group. Despite the US spending hundreds of billions training up these Afghan commandos, they were left stranded after the 2021 fall of Kabul and will now be taking up arms...
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Israeli settler violence comes to Europe through virtual reality
Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem have created a virtual reality experience of settler violence in the occupied West Bank. They exhibited the VR experience at a Jewish cultural centre in London...
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'Complicit in Apartheid': Google workers speak out against Israel contract
Google workers Ariel Koren and Gabriel Schubiner spoke to MEMO while still employed by the company, criticising the technology giant’s ‘unethical business practices’ regarding military contracts with Israel and the treatment of Palestinian employees ...
