November 13, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The seriously misnamed Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and its supporters get very upset when members of the fifth largest army in the world are accused of targeting innocent women...
November 1, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley So, after a dramatic press conference presided over by Donald Trump, we are led to believe that Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi died in an underground tunnel “whimpering and...
October 25, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi arrived in the Gaza Strip last weekend with $180 million to distribute among Palestinians in need. In Gaza’s case, that means virtually the whole population...
October 24, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley I’m bamboozled by all the hand-wringing over the retreat of US troops from Middle Eastern soil in recent weeks. Some American soldiers were pelted with rotten vegetables as their...
October 11, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rolled out the military offensive called “Operation Peace Spring” on his country’s southern border with Syria, the big surprise was not the invasion...
October 1, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Animal rights activists are furious that a zoo in the Gaza Strip which was shut down earlier this year because of the poor conditions has reopened with lions billed...
October 1, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The first anniversary of the barbaric murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is approaching, but most world leaders apparently wish that we would forget about it and move...
September 20, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The fall of the Zionist State of Israel is being forecast by a leading Israeli academic, but his prediction has nothing to do with the latest election crisis which...
September 11, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Palestine polarises people, of that there is no doubt. Those condemning Palestinians usually do so out of their blind loyalty to the concept of the Zionist State. With today’s...
September 1, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley It is significant to note that Saturday’s ceasefire in Syria was announced by Russia and not by the ruling Assad dynasty, whose corrupt behaviour triggered the brutal civil war...
August 27, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Imagine if rogue neighbours on your street fired off some protest rockets towards the nearby parliament; you probably wouldn’t be too happy about it, and there would be national...
August 22, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley European settlers were behind the foundation of the United States of America and Israel, both of which are currently steering a path towards right-wing extremism fuelled by race hate....
August 6, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Russian revolutionary leader Lenin once said, “Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.” If we apply this to Narendra Modi and India,...
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US July 31, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Two of Tony Blair’s closest political allies have joined-in with the ongoing row embroiling pro-Palestine leader Jeremy Corbyn over the Labour Party’s handling of anti-Semitism allegations, claiming that an...
July 26, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley US President Donald Trump provoked outrage recently when he launched a blisteringly racist attack against courageous American Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, during which...
July 22, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Shameless is the only word I can find to describe the behaviour of the rulers of both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates who five months ago basked...
July 1, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Whenever I have visited Palestine and speak to Palestinians I am always asked, “Why doesn’t the West care about our suffering?” It’s a question that I try to avoid...
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UN June 27, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley It never ceases to amaze me how some of the most mediocre and uninspiring people somehow manage to reach the top of their profession. Among the most asinine, in...
June 26, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The Trump administration’s vision for a futuristic-looking Gaza Strip is like something dreamed up by a Hollywood theme park, with pristine beaches reaching out into the calm, blue waters...
June 18, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Mohamed Morsi will forever be remembered as Egypt’s first democratically-elected President, something that his enemies can never take away from him. Yesterday, he collapsed and died in a Cairo...
June 12, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Donald Trump and his gullible team of foreign policy advisers have kept the rest of the world mildly entertained since the former reality TV host became the US President....
May 29, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley New evidence reveals that Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal regime is committing war crimes by deliberately targeting schools and hospitals in the last Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib. More than 20...
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US May 26, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley It is always refreshing to see the international community come together in emergencies when individual countries are blighted by man-made and natural disasters. Many European countries, for example, including...
May 21, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley A public reading of the first-ever alphabet story book in the English language about Palestine has caused outrage among some American library patrons who claim that its contents are...
May 20, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley It was the result that nobody predicted: the winner of Eurovision 2019 is… Palestine! Despite the organisers describing the Eurovision Song Contest as a non-political event, the issue of...
May 2, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley One of the most inspiring Biblical stories is the legendary battle between David and Goliath and it is often referenced as a moral lesson of how underdogs can triumph...
April 26, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Unless international law is to become meaningless, the time has come for political leaders around the world to step up and defend with some vigour and sincerity the principles...
April 18, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley One of the greatest religious stories shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims is the Exodus of Moses and the children of Israel from bondage in Egypt more than 3,000...
April 10, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The word “chutzpah” has its roots in the old Hebrew “ḥutspâ” and, as adopted by Yiddish, basically means “audacity bordering on downright cheek”. We’ve seen and heard plenty of...
March 31, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Four more Palestinians, three of them teenagers, have sacrificed their lives and been killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. They have been added to the 190 others...
March 22, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley One of the most influential donors to the powerful AIPAC pro-Israel lobby group will not be speaking at its annual conference this weekend after being taken to task for...
March 18, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Britain’s first Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent is preparing for a historic debate on Friday to have the government give official recognition to the state of Palestine in...
![Palestinian women sit on debris after Israeli airstrikes hit their homes in Khan Yunis, Gaza as tension rises between Israel and Gaza after commander in the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza-based resistance faction Islamic Jihad, Bahaa Abu Al-Atta was killed by Israeli airstrike, on 13 November 2019. [Ali Jadallah - Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191113_2_39293100_49418803.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The seriously misnamed Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and its supporters get very upset when members of the fifth largest army in the world are accused of targeting innocent women...![Image of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Russia [Press Service of the President of Russia/Wikipedia]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2015_1_1-Syrian-President-Bashar-Al-Assad.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
So, after a dramatic press conference presided over by Donald Trump, we are led to believe that Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi died in an underground tunnel “whimpering and...![A Palestinian child can be seen outside her home in the poverty-stricken quarter of Al-Zaytoon in Gaza City on 29 September 2014 [Ezz Zanoun/Apaimages]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013_2-2-A-Palestinian-girl-eats-outside-her-familys-in-a-poverty-strickenEZZ_00-3.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi arrived in the Gaza Strip last weekend with $180 million to distribute among Palestinians in need. In Gaza’s case, that means virtually the whole population...![US President Donald Trump and Former National Security Adviser, John Bolton [Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1558838644801-e1568139933522.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
I’m bamboozled by all the hand-wringing over the retreat of US troops from Middle Eastern soil in recent weeks. Some American soldiers were pelted with rotten vegetables as their...
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rolled out the military offensive called “Operation Peace Spring” on his country’s southern border with Syria, the big surprise was not the invasion...![Lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-46.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Animal rights activists are furious that a zoo in the Gaza Strip which was shut down earlier this year because of the poor conditions has reopened with lions billed...![A file photo dated March 26, 2015 showing Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Ankara, Turkey [Gökhan Balcı/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181020_2_32969902_38269912.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The first anniversary of the barbaric murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi is approaching, but most world leaders apparently wish that we would forget about it and move...![Leader of the Blue and White political alliance, former chief of staff of the Israeli army, Benny Gantz (L) and Revital Gantz (R) cast their votes during the Israeli legislative elections, at a polling station in Rosh Haayin district of Tel Aviv, Israel on 17 September 2019. [Faiz Abu Rmeleh - Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190917_2_38253643_47651355-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The fall of the Zionist State of Israel is being forecast by a leading Israeli academic, but his prediction has nothing to do with the latest election crisis which...![Image of Hamza Yusuf [5Pillars/Twitter]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017_1_6-Hamza-Yusuf-.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Palestine polarises people, of that there is no doubt. Those condemning Palestinians usually do so out of their blind loyalty to the concept of the Zionist State. With today’s...![Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets President of Syria Bashar Al-Assad (L) in Sochi, Russia on 17 May, 2018 [Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180517_2_30434049_33842459-e1567326454528.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
It is significant to note that Saturday’s ceasefire in Syria was announced by Russia and not by the ruling Assad dynasty, whose corrupt behaviour triggered the brutal civil war...![Gaza after Israeli strikes on 5 May, 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/651A9092.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Imagine if rogue neighbours on your street fired off some protest rockets towards the nearby parliament; you probably wouldn’t be too happy about it, and there would be national...![US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib delivers a speech at the event that was held by Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington DC, United States on 10 January 2019 [Safvan Allahverdi/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190111_2_34360229_40632509.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
European settlers were behind the foundation of the United States of America and Israel, both of which are currently steering a path towards right-wing extremism fuelled by race hate....
Russian revolutionary leader Lenin once said, “Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.” If we apply this to Narendra Modi and India,...![Jewish Voice for Labour supporters demonstrating against false claims of anti-Semitism, in London on 26 March 2018 [Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180328-jvl.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Two of Tony Blair’s closest political allies have joined-in with the ongoing row embroiling pro-Palestine leader Jeremy Corbyn over the Labour Party’s handling of anti-Semitism allegations, claiming that an...![Demonstration in support of US Representative Ilhan Omar at 7th Avenue near of the Times Square in New York, US on 20 May 2019 [Atılgan Özdil/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190521_2_36545225_44658718-e1558559249373.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
US President Donald Trump provoked outrage recently when he launched a blisteringly racist attack against courageous American Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, during which...![Damaged buildings are seen after the Saudi-led military coalition carried out air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen on 16 May 2019 [Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190517_2_36487698_44531733.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Shameless is the only word I can find to describe the behaviour of the rulers of both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates who five months ago basked...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the dedication of an Israeli settlement to US President Donald Trump, in the Golan Heights on 16 June 2019 [USAmbIsrael / Twitter]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/D9MacFRXYAA5kiI.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Whenever I have visited Palestine and speak to Palestinians I am always asked, “Why doesn’t the West care about our suffering?” It’s a question that I try to avoid...
It never ceases to amaze me how some of the most mediocre and uninspiring people somehow manage to reach the top of their profession. Among the most asinine, in...![Palestinian factions announced a general strike in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip in protest against Bahrain’s “Peace to Prosperity” conference on 25 June 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/25-06-2019-strike-mo-asadIMG_2168.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The Trump administration’s vision for a futuristic-looking Gaza Strip is like something dreamed up by a Hollywood theme park, with pristine beaches reaching out into the calm, blue waters...
Mohamed Morsi will forever be remembered as Egypt’s first democratically-elected President, something that his enemies can never take away from him. Yesterday, he collapsed and died in a Cairo...![Palestinian protestors burn a poster with a picture of US President Donald Trump during a demonstration against the deal of century, in the West Bank city of Hebron, 22 February 2019 [Wisam Hashlamoun/Apa Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019_2-22-demonstration-against-the-deal-of-century220219_WIH_00-4.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Donald Trump and his gullible team of foreign policy advisers have kept the rest of the world mildly entertained since the former reality TV host became the US President....![Syrians pass through Cilvegozu border gate to reach their hometown before Eid Al-Fitr in Reyhanli, Hatay on 21 June 2017 [Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170621_2_24348855_23348340.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
New evidence reveals that Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal regime is committing war crimes by deliberately targeting schools and hospitals in the last Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib. More than 20...![Gaza after Israeli strikes on 5 May, 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/651A9226-e1557482150128.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
It is always refreshing to see the international community come together in emergencies when individual countries are blighted by man-made and natural disasters. Many European countries, for example, including...![A page from P is for Palestine [Trendolizer]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dixon-297218-f-wp-content-uploads-2017-12-950717_25d73aecbb6c797-e1513536932805-1200x799-e1558449729893.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
A public reading of the first-ever alphabet story book in the English language about Palestine has caused outrage among some American library patrons who claim that its contents are...![Icelandic band Hatari holds up a Palestinian flag sign at Euorvision 2019 in Tel Aviv, during the announcing of results, on May 18, 2019 [twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/eurovision-iceland-hatari-e1558277868496.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
It was the result that nobody predicted: the winner of Eurovision 2019 is… Palestine! Despite the organisers describing the Eurovision Song Contest as a non-political event, the issue of...![Interpal aid worker [file photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/images/article_images/logos/interpal.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
One of the most inspiring Biblical stories is the legendary battle between David and Goliath and it is often referenced as a moral lesson of how underdogs can triumph...![Image of the humanitarian aid boat, the MV Mavi Marmara, before it left Turkey in 2010 [Farhat Jah/Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2010_5_20-The-MV-Mavi-Marmara-before-it-left-Istanbul4815817929_c48ffbbc4d_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Unless international law is to become meaningless, the time has come for political leaders around the world to step up and defend with some vigour and sincerity the principles...![Roman Catholic clergy hold candles as they circle the edicule during the Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on 18 April 2019 [GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1137859399.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
One of the greatest religious stories shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims is the Exodus of Moses and the children of Israel from bondage in Egypt more than 3,000...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) waves to supporters at his Likud Party headquarters in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on election night early on 10 April 2019. [Thomas COEX / AFP /Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-1136007491.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The word “chutzpah” has its roots in the old Hebrew “ḥutspâ” and, as adopted by Yiddish, basically means “audacity bordering on downright cheek”. We’ve seen and heard plenty of...![Supporters of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who is judged for shooting a wounded Palestinian in his head in West Bank's Hebron, gather outside of the court to show their support to him during the trial in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 04, 2017 [Daniel Bar On / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170104_2_21110519_17660926.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Four more Palestinians, three of them teenagers, have sacrificed their lives and been killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. They have been added to the 190 others...![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an AIPAC conference in Washington, US on 6 March 2018 [Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Israeli-Prime-Minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-GettyImages-928042942.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
One of the most influential donors to the powerful AIPAC pro-Israel lobby group will not be speaking at its annual conference this weekend after being taken to task for...![Layla Moran, British Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent [File photo]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Layla-Moran.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Britain’s first Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent is preparing for a historic debate on Friday to have the government give official recognition to the state of Palestine in...