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...
March 11, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have driven a coach and horses through the implied claim of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism by announcing that...
February 28, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley While Israel is still dodging questions about why it has been secretly arming the genocidal Myanmar military regime during its ethnic cleansing operations against Rohingya Muslims, it has emerged...
February 25, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley The thorny issue of foreign soldiers serving in the Israeli military is back in the headlines, triggered by the debate over the future of Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl...
February 21, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley 'It seems that in Britain the law still operates in favour of the privileged elite, like Asma Al-Assad'
February 3, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad must be buoyed by the support that he has these days across the Arab world. Such support includes the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), the Palestinian...
January 30, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley I was privileged to be invited to speak at a Holocaust Memorial Day event last week. Taking my duties as a speaker seriously, I researched the subject and decided...
January 19, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley There are fears that anti-Assad activists around the world are being targeted for assassination by the Syrian regime following the brutal murder of a prominent businessman now living in...
January 18, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Do its member states take the UN Charter seriously any more? The United Nations was originally set up “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations...
January 12, 2019
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Yvonne Ridley Kidnapped from Idlib in November 2018, British aid worker Muhammad Shabir's kidnappers demanded a $4 million ransom for his release
December 31, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley US President Donald Trump is a purveyor of fake news and a man who enjoys a long distance relationship with the truth; he hates the New York Times. Regarded...
December 27, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has chosen the Christian festive season to launch an independent review to examine what the British government can do to stop the persecution of Christians...
December 17, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley Israel breaks international law with sickening and often deadly regularity. This is pointed out frequently by detractors of the Zionist State, which just as frequently attracts accusations of “anti-Semitism”;...
December 12, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley The pro-Israel lobby’s ongoing efforts to weaponise anti-Semitism has been dealt a major blow after a prestigious American university refused to sack one of its professors for showing solidarity...
November 29, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley Supporting Palestine isn’t just about heroic resistance with little more than sticks and stones in the face of one of the most technologically-advanced armies in the world. Nor is...
November 22, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley Layla Moran, the first British Member of Parliament of Palestinian descent, has urged the UK to “step up to the plate and lead” over the issue of Palestine given...
November 14, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley Timing is everything in international politics, so as 70 world leaders descended on Paris at the weekend to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that brought World War One...
November 3, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley An international Jewish pressure group has launched a blistering attack on the pro-Israel lobby and Israel’s Ambassador to the United States over their comments comparing Palestinian supporters with white...
October 28, 2018
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Yvonne Ridley When America’s largest supermarket chain, Walmart, advertised an Israel Defence Forces children’s party costume there was outrage and the stores withdrew the fancy dress outfit. That was three years...
![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://i2.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...![Damaged buildings are seen after Israel carried out air strikes in Gaza on 5 May 2019 [Mohammad Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2-2.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://i2.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://i1.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://i1.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...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have driven a coach and horses through the implied claim of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism by announcing that...
While Israel is still dodging questions about why it has been secretly arming the genocidal Myanmar military regime during its ethnic cleansing operations against Rohingya Muslims, it has emerged...![Israel soldiers fire tear gas at Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron on 16 November 2012 [ Wisam Hashlamoun/Apaimages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2012_11-16-israeli-forces-hebronMW_00-8.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The thorny issue of foreign soldiers serving in the Israeli military is back in the headlines, triggered by the debate over the future of Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl...
'It seems that in Britain the law still operates in favour of the privileged elite, like Asma Al-Assad'![Image of Syrian President Bashar Assad on 14 April 2017 [Inform the world/Twitter]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017_4_17-Bashar-AssadC86MgyKW0AEsfKV.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad must be buoyed by the support that he has these days across the Arab world. Such support includes the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), the Palestinian...![A protest against Zionism [File photo]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017_7_17-zionism-is-the-problemDC6agMIWAAAfvMA.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
I was privileged to be invited to speak at a Holocaust Memorial Day event last week. Taking my duties as a speaker seriously, I researched the subject and decided...![President of Syria Bashar Al-Assad is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin (not seen) in Sochi, Russia on 17 May, 2018 [Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180517_2_30434049_33842460.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
There are fears that anti-Assad activists around the world are being targeted for assassination by the Syrian regime following the brutal murder of a prominent businessman now living in...![People protest outside the White House in Washington on 19 November 2018 [Win McNamee/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-10-20_binsalmanbonesawBin-Salman-butcher.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Do its member states take the UN Charter seriously any more? The United Nations was originally set up “to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations...
Kidnapped from Idlib in November 2018, British aid worker Muhammad Shabir's kidnappers demanded a $4 million ransom for his release![The paramedic Razan al-Najjar, who was killed by an Israeli sniper at the Gaza border on 1 June, 2018 [Twitter]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/razan-al-najjar.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
US President Donald Trump is a purveyor of fake news and a man who enjoys a long distance relationship with the truth; he hates the New York Times. Regarded...![The illuminated Christmas Tree and sparkling lights are seen glittering over streets and avenues near the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem on 1 December 2018. [Issam Rimawi /Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-12-5_bethlehem-christmas20181201_2_33712324_39516444.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has chosen the Christian festive season to launch an independent review to examine what the British government can do to stop the persecution of Christians...
Israel breaks international law with sickening and often deadly regularity. This is pointed out frequently by detractors of the Zionist State, which just as frequently attracts accusations of “anti-Semitism”;...![Commentator Marc Lamont Hill in New York City, US on 7 December 2016 [Bennett Raglin/Getty Images]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2016_12-7-Moderator-Marc-Lamont-HillGettyImages-628431688.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
The pro-Israel lobby’s ongoing efforts to weaponise anti-Semitism has been dealt a major blow after a prestigious American university refused to sack one of its professors for showing solidarity...![People take their seats as the Eurovision song contest begins in Duesseldorf, Germany on 14 May 2011 [Noel Slevin/Flickr]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2011_5_14-Eurovision-Song-Contest.5741479266_428e49d5eb_o.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Supporting Palestine isn’t just about heroic resistance with little more than sticks and stones in the face of one of the most technologically-advanced armies in the world. Nor is...![a ball of fire and smoke rise above the building housing the television station al-Aqsa TV during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 12 November 2018 [Mahmoud Ajjour/Apaimages]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-10-13_al-aqsaal-aqsa.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
Timing is everything in international politics, so as 70 world leaders descended on Paris at the weekend to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that brought World War One...
An international Jewish pressure group has launched a blistering attack on the pro-Israel lobby and Israel’s Ambassador to the United States over their comments comparing Palestinian supporters with white...![Product image for "Dress Up America Israeli Soldier Costume For Kids" being sold on Amazon. The Hebrew phrase reads "Tzhal", meaning “Joy; Israel defense forces” [Amazon.co.uk]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/514u6decJZL._SL1000_-e1540724212229.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
When America’s largest supermarket chain, Walmart, advertised an Israel Defence Forces children’s party costume there was outrage and the stores withdrew the fancy dress outfit. That was three years...