Items by Nasim Ahmed
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- May 28, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
It is time for the US to end its deadly exchange programmes with Israel
Yet another brutal killing of a black American by law enforcement officers has hit the headlines, especially on social media. George Floyd, 46, was unarmed when a Minneapolis police officer killed him on Monday by handcuffing him and then pinning him to the ground with his knee on his...
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- May 12, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
The claim that Israel ‘violates the values’ of British Jews reveals a damaging split in the Diaspora
Israel’s planned annexation of the West Bank is threatening to cause a rift among Britain’s Jews as longstanding supporters of the Zionist state have spoken out against its “violation” of the values that are held dear by the Jewish Diaspora. One prominent member of the pro-Israel camp has gone...
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- May 1, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Tributes pour in for veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Denis Goldberg
Tributes have poured in from across the world for Denis Goldberg, the veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner who died on Wednesday aged 87. Goldberg was a close ally of the late Nelson Mandela, and one of the most prominent white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. He spent 22 years...
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- April 24, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
‘I sacrificed my life’ for the UK, says Egyptian doctor, ‘but my family will be kicked out if I die’
The spread of the global coronavirus pandemic has exposed the shockingly “perverse” circumstances under which overseas doctors, nurses and care workers are having to work in the UK. Tens of thousands employed by the National Health Service (NHS) not only find themselves in a situation where they are having...
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- April 17, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
As the US and China head towards a Cold War, what does it mean for the Middle East?
Calls for China to be held to account for the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 have the potential to push Washington and Beijing into a new Cold War. If this happens, the Middle East will find itself at the centre of events that are likely to shape the region...
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- April 14, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Labour’s anti-Semitism crises fuelled by right-wing faction to undermine Corbyn says new report
Shocking details of a conspiracy at the heart of the British Labour Party aimed to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn’s chance of winning an election was leaked in an 851-page report yesterday. Seen by MEMO, the report titled: “The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism,...
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- April 2, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Will the coronavirus claim Saudi’s ‘Vision 2030’ as its victim?
With the world predicted to change in ways that were unimaginable only a few weeks ago due to the coronavirus outbreak, can Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman pull off a miracle and deliver his ambitious “Vision 2030” social and economic transformation programme? The latest indications are that “Vision 2030”...
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- March 19, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Remembering the US Invasion of Iraq 2003
On 19 March 2003, the US led the western invasion of Iraq in a war many consider to be the worst foreign policy disaster in modern history...
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- March 12, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Victories continue to mount against pro-Israel defamation campaign
Libelling human rights activists who expose the brutal reality of Israel’s seemingly never-ending military occupation of Palestine has been the standard modus operandi of anti-Palestinian groups. This tactic has been relatively successful in recent years because a number of western governments, including Britain’s, view vocal support for Palestine and...
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- March 6, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Asking Modi’s India to help peace in Palestine shows the UN’s incredible lack of judgement
The UN decision to seek India’s assistance in resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict is not only inexplicable, but also shows an incredible lack of judgement. Injecting some new blood into the so-called peace process — which, let’s be honest, has been a spectacular failure — may well be a good...
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- February 24, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Only in apartheid Israel can an app offer option not to be picked up by Arab cab drivers
An Israeli taxi-hailing app, offering its Jewish customers the option which guarantees that they will not be picked up by an Arab cab driver, is being sued by human rights lawyers. Gett, a global firm with users in most major cities, is facing a pay-out of $47 million in...
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- February 12, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
AIPAC is in a losing battle to preserve Israel’s bipartisan status in America
The latest clash in the American civil war over Israel, which pits liberal progressives against right-wing reactionary nationalists, ended with an apology at the weekend by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Better known as AIPAC, the anti-Palestinian group issued a full apology for posting an advertisement accusing the...
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- February 3, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Peace plans have no function except to serve Israel’s colonial takeover of Palestine
It will prove to be Israel’s misfortune that the Zionist project to take over Palestine got underway at a period when settler-colonialism was coming to be viewed with moral and legal contempt. Nevertheless, such has been the effectiveness if its hasbara — propaganda — that even as the world...
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- January 22, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
UK mosque cancels event with pro-Israel group
The UK’s most high-profile pro-Israel group, spearheading the campaign to conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel, has been forced to cancel an event with London Central Mosque following a letter of protest highlighting its anti-Palestinian views. British Muslims expressed shock over the event organised by pro-Israel Board of Deputies of...
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- January 14, 2020 Nasim Ahmed
Hasn’t the US been a greater source of instability in the Middle East than Iran?
During a televised discussion over which country has been the main source of instability in the Middle East, I struggled to place Iran ahead of the US. While it is self-evident that no single country can be held responsible for all of the region’s pain and suffering – just...
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- December 24, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
Hindu nationalists are seeking the Israelification of India; they must be stopped
In their quest to refashion India as a Hindu state, Hindutva extremists have placed themselves on a collision course with the country’s secular constitution. Their goal is no less than the reformation of India as an ethno-religious state affording special rights and privileges to Hindus within a multi-tier system...
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- December 17, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
‘The concept of Islamophobia’ is anti-Semitic claims pro-Israel commentator
Cries of anti-Semitism took another extraordinary turn yesterday after one of Britain’s leading advocates for the state of Israel insisted that the charge of Islamophobia was itself anti-Semitic in an article titled “Don’t fall for bogus claims of ‘Islamophobia’”. This remarkable claim, which dismissed serious concerns over the rise in...
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- December 11, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
UAE targeted UN and FIFA using American Al-Qaeda spy programme
US officials and former NSA employees build UAE secret surveillance unit...
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- December 9, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
It’s not just Muslims threatened by Israeli groups churning far-right hatred
Last week, a Guardian investigation traced a network of Facebook accounts fuelling far-right Islamophobic pages around the world to Israel. Journalists at the UK daily uncovered a plot to take over some of Facebook’s largest far-right pages in an attempt to foment hatred towards Islam and Muslims while fostering...
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- November 26, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
UK’s chief rabbi urges voters not to back Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn
With three weeks to go until the British public cast their vote in what is expected to be a close race in the country’s most important general election, and with the Labour Party closing the gap on the Conservatives, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis launched a scathing attack yesterday by...
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- November 14, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
Guardian columnist peddles fake news to accuse Corbyn of anti-Semitism
Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian has successfully constructed an image for himself as a vanguard of truth. The newspaper columnist’s most recent novel, To Kill the Truth, published under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, attests to the anxieties he suffers over the proliferation of fake news and the erasure of...
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- November 8, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
Jewish Chronicle urges Britons not to vote for Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn
With just over a month to go until the British public cast their vote in what is expected to be a close race in the country’s most important General Election in recent history, a pro-Israel Jewish community newspaper with a worrying track record of making libellous allegations has urged...
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- November 2, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
Where the Bird Disappeared
One would be at stretch to find another place on earth where the mining of history evokes as much controversy as Palestine. You would struggle even further to name a political movement more successful than Zionism in its ability to excavate history and string together a political narrative connecting...
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- November 1, 2019 Nasim Ahmed
MEMO’s Palestine Book Awards gets underway in London
The 8th awards evening will take place in London tonight, with the shortlisted authors joining members of the public to discuss their works ...