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.

April 20, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Faking it for Assad

Dozens of conflicting columns about the chemical weapons attack on Douma have been churned out by a whole range of individuals, from untrained bloggers and Assad apologists to highly...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Syria, US
April 7, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

The Palestinian struggle is being attacked by a digital occupation

Young Palestinians turn to the internet as one of the few places where they can roam freely in a virtual reality world. However, even that is now under attack...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
April 1, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Palestine’s own Sharpeville massacre by its own Apartheid oppressors

Be in absolutely no doubt about the significance of the start of the peaceful Great Return March which began in Gaza on Friday and led to 17 Palestinians being...

Published in: Africa, Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, South Africa
March 21, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

A general’s death on this Iraq War anniversary reminds us that justice is never far away

Fifteen years ago this month, the invasion of Iraq began despite months of global protests as US President George W Bush and his willing accomplice, British Prime Minister Tony...

Published in: Argentina, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Opinion, Syria, UK, US
March 12, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Assad’s rape victims break their silence

The torture victim stood in front of her tormentor wondering what treatment would be meted out this time in the notorious Branch 215, also known as Raid Brigade run...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Syria
March 8, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

With Assad on the brink, the Conscience Convoy highlights the plight of women in his jails

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a blistering attack on world leaders from East to West on Wednesday as he met an international delegation of women in a demonstration...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Iran, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UN, US
March 1, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Apocalyptic Gaza throws the Beast from the East into perspective

The headline news in Britain for the past few days has been about the “Beast from the East” and the Siberian blast which has turned the UK snow white,...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
February 26, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

An open letter to Syria’s First Lady

Dear Asma, I was shown an old photograph the other day of a couple of children messing around in a paddling pool in the back garden of a pebble-dashed...

Published in: Article, International Organisations, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, UN
February 22, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Women around the world mobilise for Syria

As the world looks on while a Srebrenica-style massacre unfolds in eastern Ghouta, news of another dark side to the brutality of the Syrian regime is also beginning to...

Published in: Article, International Organisations, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, UN
February 4, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Trump blunders with US terror listing of Hamas leader Haniyeh

So the US government has labeled Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as a “specially designated global terrorist” and imposed a raft of sanctions against him, which basically means freezing any...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
January 31, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Palestine is definitely a European issue

Think tanks and commentators around the world have analysed and evaluated US President Donald Trump’s decision to accept Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the American Embassy from Tel...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, EU, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
January 25, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Western feminists should support their sisters in Palestine, because they’re worth it

Whenever I talk about feminism, the f-word makes some people bristle. I really don’t know why, because feminism is all about equality and justice; it seeks an even playing...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, France, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
January 23, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Erdogan has given Trump a bloody nose over Jerusalem

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a master of fiery rhetoric and more than a match for US President Donald Trump when it comes to delivering uncompromising, table-thumping speeches. However, unlike...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Opinion, Palestine, Turkey, UN, US
January 13, 2018 Yvonne Ridley

Palestinian leaders must be brave and bold

Palestine’s leaders are gathering in Ramallah to thrash out a response to Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Trump made his announcement 32 days ago; what has...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
December 26, 2017

‘The world is creating another Palestine’

The international community must act swiftly on the Rohingya crisis or the world will create another Palestine. That was the stark warning issued by a delegation from the Middle...

Published in: Asia & Americas, Bangladesh, Myanmar, News
December 23, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The child who knows too much about cruelty in this world

Millions of children around the world will wake up on Christmas Day and rip open their presents and parcels with an enthusiasm that only a child can display. The...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Opinion
December 14, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Has Trump just delivered Middle East unity?

You have to hand it to Donald Trump. It seems that the US President has brought a degree of unity to the Middle East that no one expected —...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, OIC, Opinion, Palestine, Turkey, US
December 5, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Susiya village has become a real test of Israel’s moral fibre

Pressure is mounting on Israel as politicians, diplomats and religious leaders around the world have come together to condemn the Zionist state over its planned demolition of the village...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, EU, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
November 30, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

A tale of two tweets

There is an ongoing furore over a series of tweets which expose the double standards employed in the general reaction to them and the resultant fall out. As usual,...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
November 27, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Palestinians and South Africans are united in their struggle for freedom

Nelson Mandela’s grandson arrived in Palestine on Sunday morning for a historic visit to the nation that the late President of South Africa so admired. During his time in...

Published in: Article, BDS, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
November 7, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Patel-Israel scandal grows as May tries to weather the storm

Quite how long Priti Patel can hold on to her job as a Secretary of State remains to be seen after she has been exposed as a liar over...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
November 3, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Sitting Priti as minister is protected by Tel Aviv

The British Parliament is in a crisis, engulfed by yet more sleaze and sex scandals which have already led to the departure of one high profile secretary of state...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
October 31, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

South African students are giving Israel a lesson in honesty, integrity and morality

Some observers get very touchy at the mention of a pro-Israel lobby sweeping the corridors of power to influence opinion formers, politicians and media in order for them to...

Published in: Africa, Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, South Africa
October 16, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Forgiveness must be part of the Palestinian armoury

The Hamas-Fatah reconciliation in Cairo has silenced critics as the decade-long rift between the two main Palestinian factions ended — we hope finally — a few days ago. Among...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 11, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Women Wage Peace, but who knew?

If tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis joined forces and set off on a two-week march for peace through the Biblical deserts you’d think that it would be...

Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 3, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Racist America runs out of excuses as a marathon man from Palestine is banned

Serious questions need to be asked about America’s suitability to host any international sporting event after the US authorities denied entry to a well-known Palestinian-born marathon runner in the...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
September 27, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The pro-Israel lobby is losing its grip on Westminster

This has not been a good week for Israel, especially in Britain, where the Zionist lobbyists have spent millions in recent years oiling the cogs in Westminster to persuade...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
September 24, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Looking at Myanmar, it is clear that the ICC is not fit for purpose

Nobel Peace laureates and other luminaries are queueing up to berate Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to intervene in the genocide unfolding in Myanmar. There are, however, bigger...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, ICC, Myanmar, Opinion, UN
September 20, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Peace One Day… but probably without Trump

Famous film producer and Hollywood executive Richard A. Rowland coined the phrase about “lunatics taking over the asylum” when a group of rebel actors led by the legendary Charlie...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
September 15, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Millions of Palestinians have good reason to remember Peres

Tel Aviv loves nothing more than a good excuse for a memorial or a ceremony of some sort to divert international attention from the injustices it metes out on...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN, US
September 1, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

The education of Palestinian children is an act of resistance

In this year of significant anniversaries — the Balfour Declaration; Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the Israeli-led siege of Gaza — another is creeping up...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Pakistan, Palestine
August 27, 2017 Yvonne Ridley

Censorship of photographic exhibition exposing Israeli brutality angers Scots

Whenever they are confronted with irrefutable evidence of Israeli brutality it seems that the only options for supporters of the Zionist State are censorship, abuse and intimidation

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, Videos & Photo Stories