Yvonne Ridley

British journalist and author Yvonne Ridley provides political analysis on affairs related to the Middle East, Asia and the Global War on Terror. Her work has appeared in numerous publications around the world from East to West from titles as diverse as The Washington Post to the Tehran Times and the Tripoli Post earning recognition and awards in the USA and UK. Ten years working for major titles on Fleet Street she expanded her brief into the electronic and broadcast media producing a number of documentary films on Palestinian and other international issues from Guantanamo to Libya and the Arab Spring.

May 12, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Israel must be held to account for Shireen's murder

Like a worm on a fish hook, Tel Aviv is slithering and wriggling over the assassination of Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. Showing absolutely no shame, the Zionist State...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 1, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

This runaway Afghan general should push his own off button

I read with some incredulity that a former three-star general in the Afghan National Army is planning to launch a new war against the ruling Taliban eight months after...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, NATO, Opinion, US
April 17, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Springtime in Islamabad

Is Pakistan embarking on its own version of the Arab Spring? The incredible scenes of people power from Peshawar to Islamabad, Lahore to Karachi and beyond suggest that 227...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Opinion, Pakistan, US
April 11, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

We might be powerless to stop state-approved theft, but we should still call it out

The anniversary of the fateful day when US troops took the Iraqi capital Baghdad in 2003 will no doubt be marked this week with a deafening silence in Washington,...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, UK, US
April 8, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

With one stroke of his pen, Joe Biden has condemned a million children to death by starvation

Economic warfare is the name of America's new revenge mission against the people of Afghanistan

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Opinion, US, Videos & Photo Stories
March 28, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

The makers of Israel's deadly drones continue to evade British justice

It's impossible to pick out one single act of brutality committed by Israel's occupation forces over another, because there have been so many in eight decades of the Palestinian...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, UK
March 24, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Ruthless Abbas is following Putin's lead when it comes to seeing off his rivals

Is Russian President Vladimir Putin advising his Palestinian Authority counterpart Mahmoud Abbas on how to maintain his iron grip on power while seeing off political rivals? I only ask...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, Ukraine, US
March 21, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Charge Putin with war crimes by all means, but why stop at the Kremlin?

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is spearheading an international initiative to launch a tough, new war crimes tribunal styled on the Nuremberg trials established after the Second World...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, China, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, UK, Ukraine, US
March 9, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Blinded by White Culture and privilege

The front page of a national newspaper in Scotland speaks volumes about the difference in the way that the media covers the war in Ukraine and the ongoing 70+...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Opinion, Russia, UK, Ukraine
February 27, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

If Ukraine can have an international brigade, why can't Palestine and Syria?

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said that she will support anyone who wants to go to Ukraine to join an international brigade of fighters against Russia. She described...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Russia, Syria, UK, Ukraine
February 25, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

The crisis in Ukraine exposes the hypocrisy of Israel and its Zionist allies

In Scotland, when someone is on shaky ground or skating on thin ice they are said to be hanging by a "shoogly peg". That is exactly where Israel has...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Opinion, Palestine, Ukraine, UN, US
February 14, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Espionage is a dirty game that Israel plays with impunity

Ever since British intelligence agencies alleged that Chinese spies are seeking to "covertly interfere" in Britain's political landscape, a whole host of scare stories bordering on the hysterical have...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, China, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
February 11, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

PUMA sportswear is being urged to axe its football sponsorship in apartheid Israel

Europe's largest sportswear manufacturer, Adidas, has ended its lucrative boot deal with French footballer Kurt Zouma, after the English Premier League player was shown to kick and slap his...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
January 31, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

The BBC's decision to axe the Gaza aid appeal may come back to haunt it

The BBC is facing its biggest crisis in years, including merciless budget cuts, after the British government announced that it is freezing the corporation's funding for the next two...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
January 31, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Criminalising journalists for telling the truth is in nobody's interest

When journalists start to make the news instead of breaking it, there are usually some serious consequences, especially when they work beyond the confines of the mainstream media. An...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, US
January 20, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

The pro-Israel lobby sees more Palestinian activists walk free from court

We all know that political lobby groups can be influential, and that those which back the occupation state of Israel are more influential than most in the West. However,...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
January 4, 2022 | Yvonne Ridley

Blair's knighthood is a royal act of treachery against his victims in Iraq and Afghanistan

Tony Blair's final act as a human wrecking ball could well bring down the British monarchy following the controversial decision by Queen Elizabeth II to award him a knighthood....

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, UK
December 24, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

An American Tale as yet untold by the Afghans

According to Christians and the post-Christian world in which many of us live, this is the season of peace and goodwill to all. However, I derived little Christmas cheer...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, NATO, Opinion, UN, US
December 23, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Let's be honest, Zionist Israel is built on a tissue of lies

Not all Jews are Zionists and not all Zionists are Jews, but say anything negative about the political ideology of Zionism or speak in favour of Palestine and the...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
December 11, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Bin Salman has blood on his hands that refuses to be washed away

The French authorities have released Saudi citizen Khalid Aedh Al-Otaibi, who they believed to have been involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but only after his arrest...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, France, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia
December 6, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Is the pro-Israel lobby lining up Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon for 'the Corbyn treatment'?

A pro-Israel charm offensive has seen some Scottish government ministers distancing themselves from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, raising concerns that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is being...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
December 2, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

People power can stop the Uyghur genocide

Boycotts are a powerful weapon in the quest for justice. This is why the Israeli leadership is making so much effort to have the peaceful resistance of the pro-Palestine...

Published in: Africa, Article, Asia & Americas, BDS, China, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Pakistan, Palestine, South Africa
December 1, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Feminists have scored an own goal over Afghanistan's 'Me Too' moment

The plight of women in Afghanistan has rarely been out of the media spotlight since the Taliban arrived back in Kabul after taking most towns and cities in their...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Opinion
November 19, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Hamas is part of the solution — just ask Mr Blair

A few weeks ago, Boris Johnson addressed 300 of his loyal supporters at an exclusive lunch in a five-star hotel in London's upmarket Mayfair for a Tory party fundraiser....

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
November 17, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The right to protest is as precious as freedom of speech

Student protests on campus are nothing new and trying to deny controversial speakers a platform is not a recent invention. Protestors have, over the years, argued that some speakers...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
October 31, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The Palestinians are fishing for European justice

Had there been any genuine determination in the Arab world to deliver justice to the Palestinian people it would have been done years ago. However, many of the states...

Published in: Article, EU, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 25, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

When silence is the best diplomacy

If you poke a stick in a hornets' nest then the results will become painfully obvious very quickly, which is why I am surprised at the headlines expressing shock...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Netherlands, Opinion, Turkey, US
October 23, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Here lies Colin Powell…

Following his death from Covid-19 earlier this week, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell's legacy will be examined by many people for many different reasons. Some will eulogise...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, US
October 12, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Sixty years after the Paris Massacre, will the French finally accept that Muslim Lives Matter?

France's Donald Trump wannabe is leading the country's Islamophobic charge by promising to ban children from being named Muhammad if he becomes president. The meteoric rise of Eric Zemmour...

Published in: Africa, Algeria, Article, Europe & Russia, France, Opinion
September 30, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Smartphone snitches are welcome in Saudi's surveillance society

Smartphone technology has revolutionised our lives in many ways that go well beyond telephone calls for the millions who use them. Many of us have become amateur photographers, capturing...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
September 28, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

With malice and spite, the US has unleashed a cruel new war on Afghanistan

Tens of thousands of Afghan mothers will quite possibly not be able to wave their children off to school in 2022 because their youngsters will have starved to death...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Opinion, US
September 20, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Apologies and compensation are simply not good enough for the victims of drone attacks

Palestine Action is, as its name implies, involved in direct action against some of the arms trade's most deadly production lines, notably Israel's Elbit Systems. Since it burst onto...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Syria, UK, US, Yemen

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