- Since US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar stirred controversy with tweets about the power of the US' Israel lobby, a flood of articles has followed exposing not only the hypocrisy of...
- "Zionism has never been a movement for self-determination"
- With Israel seeking to purge public spaces of its critics, the decision by the New York Times to ban its publication of political cartoons entirely over alleged anti-Semitism, perhaps...
- For the 1.8m Palestinians who make up almost 20 per cent of the population of Israel, discrimination and institutional racism has been a reality since the Nakba
- Calls to boycott this year's Eurovision song contest have focused on Israel's brutal occupation. Mercury Prize-winning rock band Wolf Alice, for example, gave their backing by evoking images of...
- Since its launch in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has evolved into one of the most effective campaigns against racism. This year's IAW kicked off in South Africa earlier...
- In their desperate attempt to divert attention from the brutal reality of its military occupation, Israel and its supporters have successfully employed a number of tactics. None, however, have...
- As the Israeli elections on 9 April approach, MEMO interviews Arab MKs, current and former, as to their experiences of working within the Israeli political system, and their hopes for the future.
- Pro-Israel groups aided by the mainstream media have led the assault on the Labour Party over its handling of allegations of anti-Semitism. Their goal, it seems, is no less...
- As the Israeli elections on 9 April approach, MEMO interviews Arab MKs, current and former, as to their experiences of working within the Israeli political system, and their hopes for the future.
- A night of compelling debate at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster on Monday evening concluded with 63 per cent of the 1,000-strong audience voting for the motion that "The...
- The Labour Party in Britain has been dogged by allegations of anti-Semitism ever since Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the 2015 leadership contest. The crisis has since threatened to tear...
- One of the founding myths of Israel is the non-existence of the Palestinian people. Tragically this myth served the country to great effect especially in denying the return of...
- A number of prominent Jewish-American leaders are funding covert, anonymous campaigns targeting pro-Palestinian student activists, The Forward has found. The Jewish daily newspaper, which has been publishing valuable information...
- Turkey's location in a strategic part of the world is a "blessing and a curse," Professor Gülnur Aybet said this week at a major panel discussion in Central London....
- Al Jazeera have released a new documentary on the racist group Generation Identity in France
- For centuries, the Middle East has cast a long and dark shadow over the legacy of many a statesman wanting to leave his mark on history. Unlike Europeans, the...
- Rating 4/5 Why do people who are normally good commit acts of evil? A great many have been bedevilled by the question but the answer is as elusive as...
- Relations between Britain and the UAE came under scrutiny after a judge in the Emirates sentenced a British academic to life imprisonment last week. Matthew Hedges, a PhD student...
- A Saudi campaign to save Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has been gaining momentum since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on 2 October. With each passing day, the...
- After the Trump administration ignominiously called time on the Palestinian diplomatic mission in the US less than two months ago, the top PLO diplomat in Washington, Dr Husam Zomlot,...
- Balfour in the Dock is a contemporary work looking at a 750-page magnum opus on Palestine by outstanding British journalist J M N Jeffries (1880-1960). His book Palestine: The...
- Jamal, a leading journalist and columnist on the MENA, and an outspoken critic of the Saudi regime, was killed on 2 October at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul
- Good nicknames have the amazing ability to capture the essence of a person's life better than any well-written biography. When we hear "the greatest," "the people's champion" or the...
- To mark the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords, MEMO hosted a conference in London, UK on 29 September 2018
- On the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords, it is an appropriate time to consider what has been called "an instrument of Palestinian surrender, a Palestinian...
- Should critics of political Islam be described as racist Islamophobes? It's a question that ought to garner serious discussion in light of the ongoing "anti-Semitism" row engulfing the Labour...
- The man described as the "most dangerous political operative in America" gave an interview recently where he rejected the accusation that he was an anti-Semite. His comments said a...
- There is a great irony in the current row over anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. Critics of Jeremy Corbyn are frothing at the mouth with rage over his endorsement...
- A Jewish organisation which has acted as a proxy for the Israeli Embassy in Britain and lobbies on its behalf is putting pressure on the Labour Party to adopt...
- Israeli politicians have been trying for years to pass a "Nation State" bill to prioritise the country's Jewish characteristics over democratic principles. The controversial proposal described by its critics...
- The US has often failed to live up to its own ideals but never before has it systematically rejected long-standing values which, in the eyes of many, has made...