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Yvonne Ridley

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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.

 

Items by Yvonne Ridley

  • Bin Salman’s shame as Arabs dance while Gaza burns

    The Arab world must not and cannot remain silent any longer. It is, after all, this very silence that has allowed the slaughter of Palestinians to take place in Gaza these past 550 days. It’s very easy to criticise Britain and remind everyone why the Union Flag is known around...

  • Leila Khaled: Bold, brave and beautiful

    It is with great sadness that I am writing this article about an amazing woman whose life in this world must be remembered for its drama, courage and determination. Her name is Leila Khaled and she was a source of inspiration and admiration for thousands of bewildered teenage girls...

  • Marching may not save Gaza, but voting can

    Voters have no idea of their own power and most democratically-elected politicians in the world hope it stays that way. If they could eliminate the voting process in the world’s democracies, it would certainly suit the agenda of some very powerful people who do some very bad things. Looking at...

  • Trump, Starmer and Netanyahu are a triumvirate of evil

    The Zionist state is on the verge of economic collapse and many of its citizens are leaving, but shush, don’t tell anyone. In fact, no one is talking about this, certainly not in Tel Aviv or Israel’s friends in the Western media, in case it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy....

  • Israel not only weaponises humanitarian aid, but also criminalises those who deliver it

    During Ramadan, I tend to put down my pen and spend most working hours supporting charities operating in Palestine. These NGOs are not that popular with Labour’s liberal lefties who are afraid of helping anything or anyone linked to Gaza, such is the unrelenting intimidation from the Zionist lobby. I...

  • Israel and its supporters struggle to hide behind the last fig leaf of decency

    The UK’s Queen Victoria (1819-1901) commissioned a fig leaf to cover Michelangelo’s statue of David because she was said to be shocked by the nudity. Ever since then the humble fig leaf has been used as a euphemism to censor, protect and control what society can see, read or...

  • We should never side with dictators, urges US presidential wannabee: Really?

    “We must choose a side, and it should never be the side of dictators.” It’s a simple enough statement, but when you examine the background of the person who has just said it you have to wonder if wilful blindness is becoming a contagion among America’s political elite. Either that...

  • The Scots and Palestinians are cut from the same cloth

    The pettiness of Zionist groups and their ability to claim “terrorism” at every turn, never ceases to amaze me. Nor does their pathological pursuit of anything and anyone pro-Palestine. Just the other day I was at a fundraising event for Gaza where the host wore a striking tartan on his...

  • It’s back to the future, as Nazi-neocon insanity prompts Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan

    “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This enduring quote is commonly attributed to the late genius Albert Einstein. Decades after his death in 1955, politicians are still rediscovering his meaning today as they reinvent government policies while proclaiming their newfound passion...

  • Hind Rajab is indeed the Anne Frank of the Gaza Genocide

    Every day in Palestine is an anniversary marking a tragedy or killing that is so horrific that it stops people in their tracks around the world. This article is a reminder, lest we forget. Anniversaries provide an opportunity to look back on shared experiences, both positive and negative, and...

  • The privilege of dying in the West and the Gaza child with no name

    My mother died last night. Joyce Ridley and her 98 years are gone forever, but definitely not forgotten by the three generations she left behind. Since I posted the news on Facebook — that’s how we communicate such sad news these days — I’ve been inundated with instant messages...

  • Israel reaps the whirlwind around organ harvesting rumours

    There are some persistent rumours around the Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners that simply refuse to go away. As soon as speculation arises about rape and organ harvesting the New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) flexes its muscles and swats away such horrific stories accusing the accusers of anti-Semitism and...

  • Hamas ghosts surface in display of Chutzpah

    For the last 15 months Hamas fighters have been viewed and feared by their Zionist foe as “ghosts” haunting a deep underground labyrinth of tunnels reaching out across the densely populated Gaza Strip. Yahyah Sinwar, the late head of Hamas in Gaza, who was killed by an Israeli drone after...

  • There’s no cure for Israel’s terminal sickness as it destroys Gaza’s health sector

    Every woman has a special bond with her obstetrician, the person who delivers her babies. This was illustrated recently when the legendary singer Adele spotted her “baby doctor” in the audience at her Las Vegas concert. In scores of videos posted on social media, the Grammy Award-winner walks through...

  • The FBI's mysterious case against Dr Aafia Siddiqui

    The website of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is brimming with advice and useful information should you need help. There’s even a bright red button to press if you want to report a crime. I pressed it and reported the crime of perjury involving the complex case of...

  • Stand aside for Syria’s women

    Good news can bring joy and happiness except on social media, where naysayers, pessimists and the bitter anti-capitalist and radical left have tried to push a rancorous narrative about what we hope will be the end of the civil war in Syria. Yes, there are many imponderables, but I...

  • Western civilisation is in terminal moral decline

    A Labour MP called Kim Leadbeater made history in the UK parliament last week when her proposed new piece of legislation passed its first hearing. If it becomes law, her bill will allow terminally ill adults to seek help to end their own life. The Assisted Dying Bill (some call...

  • Genocide is not a grotesque game by numbers; it is the worst of crimes

    There is a tsunami of blood red ink gushing forth from the incredulous pens of angry far-right defenders of the Zionist State of Israel who are reeling from the shock of the unprecedented legal action taken against Israel’s leaders by the International Criminal Court: arrest warrants issued against Israeli...

  • AIPAC-bought-and-paid-for moonbat calls on US to invade The Hague over ICC arrest warrants

    The term “moonbat” is a pejorative political epithet originating in the 19th century and used widely in the US. It is normally used to insult those on the political left, but I think it is eminently suitable to describe Tom Cotton, the Republican US Senator for the state of...

  • Why does the West condone and forget Israel's child abuse?

    I have seen many atrocities in my career as a journalist, and listened at inquests to appalling details of cruelty inflicted upon innocent children. All of this has been man-made and many cases have been impossible to ignore because the suffering has produced headline news and resulted in the...

  • The truth is out there, behind all the lies

    There is nothing more noble than telling the truth, and yet for simply delivering nothing but the truth Palestinian journalists are being killed; they — and their families — are targeted by Israeli soldiers in Palestine and Lebanon. The death toll of journalists in Gaza alone has risen to...

  • Is the UK government creating a 'Stasi' police force to silence Israel's critics?

    Police forces in Britain are under fire following several incidents involving pro-Palestine campaigners and activists, as well as journalists, giving rise to fears that the police across the country have become tools of an increasingly repressive state. Mick Napier, a veteran pro-Palestine campaigner, was banned earlier this month from setting...

  • Sinwar chose life on the front lines and proved to be a ‘lion’ to the very end

    I am struggling to understand the Israeli culture and mindset following the broadcast of the grainy video showing Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar’s final moments on this earth. The scene reminded me of the execution video of Iraq’s leader Saddam Hussein, moments before his demise. The point of releasing such videos...

  • Political friends and foes alike mourn Scotland's fearless son and friend of Palestine

    Scotland’s former First Minister Alex Salmond died suddenly on Saturday while speaking at a conference in North Macedonia. The political titan was 69, and probably the only Western leader of any substance to support Palestine. Salmond was the first European politician to call for a ceasefire in the Middle East...