Rebecca Stead – Middle East Monitor

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Rebecca Stead

An MA graduate of SOAS University of London studying in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic, Stead focuses on the history, culture and politics of Israel-Palestine specifically and the Levant more broadly. She has travelled in the region and studied Arabic in Jerusalem and Amman, and works in a freelance capacity for a number of journals and blogging platforms.

September 23, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

The Parisian

"Baris." He sighed. "It is where my life is." So Faruq Al-Azmeh, the "one other Arab on board the ship to Marseille", told an impressionable Midhat Kamal as he...

Published in: Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Review - Books, Reviews
August 21, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'Gazans' access to medical care is a basic human right'

Cycling4Gaza will travel across four countries to highlight the freedoms enjoyed by many in Europe but denied to Palestinians in the occupied territories

Published in: Belgium, EU, Europe & Russia, Germany, International Organisations, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
August 19, 2019

#MyPalestinianSitty trends after Tlaib refuses to enter Israel

Last week US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib rejected an offer from Israel to visit her grandmother in the West Bank village of Beit Ur Al-Fouqa, after she and fellow Congresswoman...

Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, Twitter Trends, US
August 15, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Remembering Israel's 'disengagement' from Gaza

On 15 August 2005, Israel began its disengagement from the Gaza Strip, which it had occupied since the Six Day War of 1967

Published in: Israel, Middle East, On this day, Opinion, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
July 17, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

How one German political party is fighting Israel's BDS crackdown

"The idea of agitating against BDS played a big role here: to defame any kind of criticism of reactionary, imperialist government as anti-Semitic and any kind of solidarity...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, Germany, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 4, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Israel's Labor Party just signed its own death warrant

The Israeli Labor Party on Tuesday elected a new leader, Amir Peretz, to lead the faction ahead of Israel's upcoming general election on 17 September. Faced with a choice...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
June 5, 2019 | Rebecca Stead | Wafa Ali

'This is for Palestine', says mum who gave birth through smuggled sperm

In 2014, Suhad Abu Fayed gave birth to her daughter Huriye, a bright-eyed child with a mop of curly hair. When Suhad took Huriye to see her father, Sameer,...

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
May 31, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

4 things to watch ahead of Israel's September election

For the second time in a year, Israel is heading to the polls. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who only two months ago was celebrating a historic fifth...

Published in: Blog, Blogs - Politics, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
May 21, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'Palestinian politics has collapsed; Arab-Israelis can rebuild it'

Palestinians in the diaspora and those who are citizens of Israel can all help to build a Palestinian state, Haifa professor As'ad Ghanem says

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
May 18, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Israel's brutal military occupation continues to crush West Bank Palestinians

During the 1967 Six Day War, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied by Israel. Fifty-two years later this brutal military occupation remains in place, with the West...

Published in: Europe & Russia, Eurovision, Fact Sheets, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Publications
May 18, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Discrimination, division and demolitions: Life as a Palestinian citizen of Israel

Palestinian citizens of Israel – who number around 1.8 million people and amount to just over 20 per cent of Israel's population – are often ignored by the broader...

Published in: Europe & Russia, Eurovision, Fact Sheets, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Publications
May 3, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'Israel's system is galloping apartheid,' says Israel professor

"I have coined quite a few terms," noted Professor Oren Yiftachel, "but ethnocracy really captures the idea of a regime that creates a state for the benefit of an...

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Present Absentees: Palestinian Citizens of Israel & the Nation-State Law
April 16, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Meet the Arab-Israeli alliances' new Knesset members

Here are the ten new Knesset members who will be fighting for Palestinian citizens of Israel in the upcoming parliament.

Published in: Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Palestine, Profiles, Videos & Photo Stories
April 13, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Netanyahu won Israel's election, but his coalition will be fractious and unstable

This week Benjamin Netanyahu won a spectacular election victory, his fourth in the last decade. Yet though supporters have once again bowed down to King Bibi, his victory parade...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 9, 2019 | Jehan Alfarra | Rebecca Stead

The Road to Knesset: The Union of Right-Wing Parties #Israelex2019

Jewish Power, Jewish Home and the National Union support overtly religious-Zionist ideas and believe in the creation of a greater Israel, meaning no Palestinian state.

Published in: Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
April 5, 2019 | Rebecca Stead | Hana Hussain

'We can and must push back against the tide of fascism,' says Arab-Israeli MK Tibi

As Israel’s General Election approaches on 9 April, MEMO interviews candidates, current and former, about their hopes for the future of Israeli politics.

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
April 3, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'Israel's politicians are chickens. We need to shake up the system,' says Hadash's Jewish candidate

As Israel’s general election approaches on 9 April, MEMO has interviewed candidates, current and former, about their hopes for the future of Israeli politics, to be published in the run-up to the poll.

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Palestine
March 30, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Remembering the Great March of Return

Tens of thousands of Palestinians congregated on the first day, and continued to protest every week since

Published in: Israel, Middle East, On this day, Opinion, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
March 22, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Israel's courts are under attack from the right-wing

This week, Israel's Supreme Court ruled to ban Michael Ben Ari – the leader of the extreme-right-wing Otzma Yehudit party – from running in the country's upcoming general election...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
February 25, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Remembering Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque massacre

Believed to be the burial place of the prophets Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque is revered within Islam and Judaism.

Published in: Israel, Middle East, On this day, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
February 8, 2019 | Laila Ahmet | Rebecca Stead

In Egypt, 'political prisoners aren't even recognised as humans'

Twenty-four-year old Ayatollah Ashraf was arrested from her home in the Qalyubiyah governorate of Egyptian capital Cairo on 3 October 2018. Egyptian security forces broke into the family's home...

Published in: Africa, Egypt, Interviews
January 30, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'The conflict in Palestine has always galvanised people'

"I could not stomach the way the Arabs, who should really own this country, are being treated by not only the UN but by the government in Palestine," a...

Published in: International Organisations, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, UN
January 18, 2019 | Rebecca Stead | Jehan Alfarra

'I wanted to introduce Palestinian culture to the UK'

Palestinian anthropologist Suhad Jarrar-Browne at 'BAYT | The Art of Arab Hospitality'

Published in: Middle East, Palestine, Review - Events & Articles, Reviews, UK, Videos & Photo Stories
January 18, 2019 | Laila Ahmet | Rebecca Stead

'There are no human rights in Egypt'

Khaled Hamdy was arrested on the 27 March 2014 from his home in Egypt. He had been working as a production manager for Egypt 25, a TV channel founded...

Published in: Africa, Egypt, Interviews
December 27, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

Remembering Israel's 2008 War on Gaza

What: Israel waged a three-week military offensive against the Gaza Strip, killing almost 1,400 Palestinians and wounding thousands more. Where: The Gaza Strip When: 27 Dec 2008 – 18...

Published in: International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, On this day, Opinion, Palestine, UN
December 15, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

'Detention is an instrument of Israel's oppression'

In the dead of night, Israeli forces knocked on the door of Salah Hamouri's apartment in Jerusalem, he told me. "When I opened the door they told me they...

Published in: Europe & Russia, France, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
December 11, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

London launch celebrates Palestinian history through embroidery

Embroidered by Palestinian women, the Palestine History Tapestry is composed of embroidered panels depicting Palestinian history from Neolithic times to the present

Published in: Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Review - Events & Articles, Reviews, UK, Videos & Photo Stories
December 6, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

A year after his Jerusalem bombshell, Trump continues to strangle the Palestinians

On 6 December last year, US President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and promised to relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv. One year...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
November 26, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

'He re-occupied his land from the occupation'

Director Wafa Jamil discusses her film 'Coffee For All Nations' ahead of its screening at the London Palestine Film Festival tomorrow. Sitting in semi-darkness, Abed brews his coffee. The light from...

Published in: Europe & Russia, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, UK
November 24, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

'I thought I knew about Palestine, until I saw the occupation first hand'

Film director Toomas Järvet discusses Rough Stage ahead of its screening at the London Palestine Film Festival on 27 November

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine
November 20, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

'Settler colonialism has destroyed the culture of the colonised – Palestine is no different'

Dr Anandi Ramamurthy discusses ‘Cinema of the Palestinian Revolution’ ahead of its screening at the London Palestine Film Festival today

Published in: Interviews, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
November 15, 2018 | Rebecca Stead

Awards season launched at MEMO's Palestinian literary event

Authors of shortlisted books discuss what inspired their work ad the troubles they had in completing them

Published in: Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Review - Events & Articles, Reviews, UK, Videos & Photo Stories