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Oslo 30 years later still presents a bleak outlook for Palestine-Israel peace
Across the occupied West Bank, Israel’s concrete checkpoints, separation walls and soldiers are reminders of the failure to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians since the historic Oslo Accords were signed 30 years ago this week, Reuters has reported. The accords were intended to be a temporary measure to...
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Timeline: Iran and Saudi Arabia key developments towards resumption of ties
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed, on Friday, to re-establish relations after a seven-year diplomatic rupture, according to a statement issued by Iran, Saudi Arabia and China, Reuters reports. Here are key dates in Saudi-Iranian relations since the suspension of ties in 2016: 10 March 2023: Iran and Saudi Arabia announce that they have...
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Egyptian Doctors' migration: Why do they resign?
The Egyptian Medical Syndicate revealed the resignation of 11,536 doctors from working in the government sector from the beginning of 2019 until last March 2020, which is considered a continuation of doctors’ reluctance to work in the government sector and their increasing quest to migrate outside Egypt due to the poor...
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What about the invisible victims of the Hancock affair?
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. History is replete with examples of extra-marital affairs at the heart of the British political establishment, from the highest office...
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Britain’s opposition to sanctions on Israel exposes its support for the occupation and its crimes
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 fact that Israel is an occupying power and the people of Palestine are living under that occupation. It is worth...
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NGOs in Gaza are front line eyewitnesses to Israel’s bombing of civilians
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. The staff of numerous NGOs in Gaza are in many ways the community’s unsung heroes. Saif, for example, is one of...
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Britain must act now to cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia following Khashoggi report
Britain must act now to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in the war in Yemen, amid new evidence published by the US CIA report on Jamal Khashoggi. Fresh calls have been made by human rights groups and activists, in light of the Khashoggi report, detailing that...
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Will the US hold Saudi Arabia to account for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi?
The Biden administration in Washington is set to declassify an intelligence report which could be a vital step in the search for accountability over the murder of respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi. If the US president makes progress with evidence from the report, it could mean that the US will...
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Yemen cannot afford to have another year of Saudi and UAE impunity
The extent of the damage caused by Saudi Arabia’s ongoing war in Yemen has been catastrophic, with innocent civilians bearing the brunt of this brutality. Last year alone there were 1,020 incidents entailing harm to civilians, over 900 of whom were killed. Malnutrition and the number of children dying...
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Saudi Arabia must free its Uyghur detainees
The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested two Uyghur Muslims who face persecution and torture if they are deported to China. Such a move by the Saudis would be unacceptable and lacking in compassion. Hemdullah Abduweli, 52, is a scholar and was arrested in Makkah whilst on the Umrah...
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Saudi Arabia continues to conceal its human rights abuses
Two years since the brutal death of respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi, why has Saudi Arabia still not been held to account? Khashoggi, a veteran journalist from Saudi Arabia, was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, where he was due to obtain documents for his upcoming wedding to...
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Campaigning to preserve Palestinian identity
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 to ask him about Intimaa’s plans. Intimaa is preparing to launch its 2020 campaign. What are its goals? Intimaa is a popular...
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Why Qatar’s Emir may not attend the Riyadh summit
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 to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, seemed a welcome step in the right direction. This, however, is not...
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MBS admitted responsibility for Khashoggi’s murder, but who will hold him accountable?
Saudi Crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman has admitted responsibility over respected journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in a PBS documentary that is due to be aired next week. Frustratingly, despite a barage of evidence that points to the crown prince’s involvement in the murder, he has managed to evade being...
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‘You don’t need a lawyer even to tell you this sentence is unconstitutional’
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 know what had happened to him or where he was taken. “It was 2:00 am and those men took him in...
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Pro-Palestine students ‘banned’ from UK campus during Queen’s visit
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 King’s College London students came forward saying they were blocked from attending classes, exams and work on 19 March due to...
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Issa Amro: ‘There is no change without sacrifice’
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 Israeli occupying forces. Issa Amro is no stranger to Israeli detention centres. A prominent human rights activist from Hebron and the...
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US delegation mystified by no Saudi protest over Jerusalem
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 this week. The absence of the self-proclaimed “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” at a conference to discuss the fate...
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Former senior UK MPs discuss Saudi crises in MEMO conference
Guests included Lord Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw and Clare Short...
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MEMO to host ‘Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War, Succession and the Future’ conference
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 day-long conference will bring together experts from a variety of fields to discuss the challenges that the country is facing both...
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EXCLUSIVE: UAE works to ‘defeat voices of Islamism’ in the West, reveal leaked emails
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 emails in question have been obtained by MEMO. Whilst the UAE has made no secret of its distaste for political Islam...
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Timeline: Crisis in Saudi
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 to an end 26 April 2020: Saudi Arabia announces it will abolish the death penalty for those who committed crimes while still...
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Timeline: Israel's attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque
11 March 2023: Israel erects barbed wire on a fence around the Lions’ Gate area adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. 10 March 2023: Israel deploys additional heavily armed forces in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestinians marked the first evening of Ramadan and headed to the...
