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Whitehall is still reverberating from the Hancock affair. It was not the first, and it certainly will not be the last time that a politician gets caught out publicly....

The British government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a statement in response to a petition calling for sanctions to be imposed on Israel. The statement ignores the...

As Israel continues to bomb civilians in the Gaza Strip, a relatively unacknowledged workforce keeps its collective head down in the struggle to maintain social services for vulnerable Palestinians....

Ali Howaidi is a member of the Preparatory Committee of the International Campaign for Preserving Palestinian Identity which is launching next month. MEMO spoke to him over the telephone...

In principle, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia this week should end with a return to normal relations between its six-member states. That's why the invitation extended by Saudi Arabia's King Salman...

On 1 November 2016, some 25-30 masked men in uniform raided the home of Hemeda Ali Hemeda and arrested his son Kareem. For 42 days, Kareem's family did not...

Kicking off Israeli Apartheid Week, pro-Palestine students at one of the most prestigious universities in London claim they were barred from campus during the Queen's visit. At least ten...

Palestinian activist Issa Amro tells MEMO about his experiences of being arrested by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and his thoughts on the upcoming court case brought against him by...

Saudi Arabia was one of a number of countries whose head of state failed to attend the extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Istanbul...

Stay tuned for MEMO's coverage of the international reaction

Guests included Lord Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw and Clare Short

Middle East Monitor is to host an event on the recent political events in Saudi Arabia. The programme will take place on Saturday, 18 November, in Central London. The...

The United Arab Emirates is working to influence the narrative on Islam in the West, leaked emails sent by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al-Otaiba, have revealed. The...

28 December 2020: Saudi invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to join the GCC Summit in January in what analysts believe is sign that the Gulf crisis may be coming...

09 May 2021: 100 Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces fired at worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan 04 October 2020: Israeli occupation forces raid Bab...

MEMO interviews the director of 'Fire on the Marmara', a documentary film exploring the tragedy of the Mavi Marmara

21 March 2021: Qatar and Mauritania meet for the first time since 2017 to discuss re-establishing ties March 2021: Qatar makes a first shipment of oil to the UAE since...

2006-Present 17 June 2021: Israel's new coalition repeals a planned vote on extending the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law for an additional year after after the opposition right-wing blocs refrained...

2016- present 19 July 2021: Ben and Jerry's announces that 'will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory', 10 years after rights groups urged it to...

"Before the war, Syria was an 'open' country. We could move around and live. I never travelled internationally but we knew that we could visit neighbouring countries like Lebanon...

Yiftah Curiel recently penned an article where he named Middle East Monitor as one of “two UK websites” upon which “Hamas relies”

With electricity supplies in Gaza restricted to between 2-8 hours a day in most areas, the coast's cool breeze offers a place to escape the stifling summer heat in cramped apartments

Although a coastal city, Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is known as an agricultural area. Today, with all export opportunities shut down and borders closed, the agricultural...

Middle East Monitor spoke to Soumaya Ghannoushi, columnist and daughter of Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia's Ennahda party leader, about the group's recent decision to separate politics from religion. MEMO: Ennahda's...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that his country is seeking to establish a naval base in Egypt. He stressed how important this is to Russia but denied...