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.

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
September 8, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Bannockburn's other battle over the reality of racist Israel

The site of Scotland's most historic battle is at the centre of a war of words after a schoolgirl's essay highlighted the injustices faced by Palestinians in the 21st...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
September 1, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The media's weapons of mass deception

Journalism is a powerful weapon, which is why most tyrants and despots like either to control or ban the media. Even in so-called democracies, governments are well aware of...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Iraq, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, US
August 20, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

What can the Taliban offer the women of Afghanistan?

The hashtag #womensrights has been trending on social media ever since the Taliban swept dramatically into the Afghan capital Kabul in what was an almost bloodless takeover. Aside from...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Opinion, US
August 16, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

America and its allies helped the Taliban on the road to victory

Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, India, International Organisations, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Opinion, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, US
August 2, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The African Union's back door invite to Israel has betrayed the Palestinians

The plans to sneak Israel quietly into the African Union as an observer state appear to have backfired spectacularly. Israeli celebrations may be premature as Algeria, one of Palestine's...

Published in: Africa, African Union, Article, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, South Africa
July 27, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The Taliban is steering the 'graveyard of empires' towards a new era

Let's stop all the hand wringing and angst over Afghanistan. Now. It's fooling no one. America, Britain and their NATO allies have had 20 years to help put the...

Published in: Afghanistan, Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, NATO, Opinion, UK, US
July 22, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

When winning at any cost is simply not worth it

There was a time when football was just a beautiful game with 22 players kicking a leather ball from one end of the pitch to another while supporters cheered...

Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UK
July 14, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Israel carried out the world's first airliner hijacking; the BBC needs to acknowledge this

The BBC has become embroiled in a fact-checking row with demands for an apology over a presenter's claims that Libya was the first nation to carry out a state-sponsored...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
July 1, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Syria's foreign fighters are told, 'Go home or join HTS'

Hundreds of frontline foreign fighters have been told to fall under the direct control of the main rebel group leading the Syrian civil war in the Idlib region or...

Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Syria
June 15, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Palestinian lives do matter

Around the same time that international footballer Christian Eriksen collapsed on a football pitch on Saturday during Denmark's opening Euro 2020 match against Finland, Ibtisam Kaabneh collapsed and lay...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
June 10, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

British pro-Palestine activists prove that direct action and BDS are effective

Pro-Palestine supporters were celebrating victory last night after Scotland lived up to its reputation of being "enemy territory" for Zionists, with the country's last local authority pension fund announcing...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
June 4, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The 'final' downfall of Israel was predicted by Einstein

It doesn't take a genius to see that the failing Zionist project called Israel is coming apart at the seams. It was a genius, though, who predicted the demise...

Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 30, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

Samira Mohyeddin: Remember her name

Samira Mohyeddin, the Palestinian woman known to millions as the widow of legendary Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, has died of Covid-19 in Jordan. She leaves behind a legacy of love,...

Published in: Article, Coronavirus, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
May 19, 2021 | Yvonne Ridley

The pro-Israel lobby fears that support could self-destruct over the bombing of Gaza

The influential pro-Israel lobby in America was reeling last night after it emerged that the US government may halt the $735 million sale of precision-guided missiles to Israel. US...

Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US

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