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.

February 28, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Israeli bombs and rhetoric are dropped on both Palestine and Kashmir
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, India, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Pakistan, Palestine
February 25, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Britons who fight for Israel must also be held to account when they return to the UK
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...
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
February 21, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
The treatment of Shamima Begum and Asma Al-Assad reveals Britain’s double standards
'It seems that in Britain the law still operates in favour of the privileged elite, like Asma Al-Assad'
Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, UK, Videos & Photo Stories
February 3, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Change is possible in Syria despite Arab leaders normalising Assad's genocide
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...
Published in: Arab League, Article, Middle East, Opinion, Syria
January 30, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Zionism, its links with the far right and increasing anti-Semitism
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
January 19, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Is Assad trying to silence Syrian dissidents based overseas?
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...
Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Syria
January 18, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
Medieval hostage-taking and prisoner swaps are back in vogue
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Iran, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UK, US
January 12, 2019 | Yvonne Ridley
An international criminal gang has been smashed, freeing a British kidnap victim in Syria
Kidnapped from Idlib in November 2018, British aid worker Muhammad Shabir's kidnappers demanded a $4 million ransom for his release
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Syria, UK
December 31, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The NYT investigation proves that we must seek justice for Razan Al-Najjar
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...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
December 27, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The Bishop of Truro must do justice to Palestine's invisible Christians
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...
Published in: Article, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
December 17, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Hang your head in shame, world; normal life does not exist for Palestinians in Hebron
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”;...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
December 12, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The pro-Israel lobby’s weaponisation of anti-Semitism takes a hit in the US
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
November 29, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Eurovision challenges Israel to face the music
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...
Published in: Article, BDS, Eurovision, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
November 22, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
British Palestinian MP slaps down Trump
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, UN, US
November 14, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Netanyahu forgets prayers for world peace to make war on Gaza
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...
Published in: Article, France, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
November 3, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The far right represents a real threat to Jews; criticism of Israel doesn't
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...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
October 28, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
An outrageous children’s ‘IDF party costume’ is being sold by Amazon for Halloween
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...
Published in: Asia & Americas, Blog, Blogs - Politics, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, UK, US
October 18, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Nazi art case sets precedent for Palestinian Nakba restitution
Palestinian victims of the 1948 Nakba could benefit from a landmark legal ruling by a French court which ordered a painting to be returned to the family of the...
Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
October 16, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Israel aids genocidal Myanmar while urging the world to remember the Holocaust
Israel does not owe its existence to the genocide of the Jews during the Second World War but, without a doubt, the Holocaust played a significant role in speeding...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Myanmar, Opinion, Palestine, UN
October 2, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Our craven media continue to aid and abet Israel’s racist regime
I am delighted that Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi has been given the red carpet treatment by Spanish football giants Real Madrid following her release from an Israeli prison, where...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
October 1, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Palestine: Read all about it… but not in the mainstream media
This time of year is always a period of personal retrospection for me, ending in trips down memory lane. It was, for example, when I became a cub reporter...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US
September 18, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Idlib’s cries fail to move the global anti-war movement
The anniversary of the start of the Western war against Afghanistan is fast approaching and I remember it as though it was yesterday. The opening salvo from the US...
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Russia, Syria, Turkey
September 16, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
All of these anti-Semitism allegations continue to sideline Palestinian suffering
As the row over what constitutes anti-Semitism rages in Britain, the very real fear that freedom of speech is being threatened has already been realised in America, according to...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, UN, US
September 1, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The UN has used the g-word, but will it tackle Israeli arms sales to the butchers of Myanmar?
The UN has finally used the g-word in accusing the Myanmar regime of genocide against the ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims. Now it needs to go one step further, by...
Published in: Article, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UN
August 30, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Popularity of any kind is a curse in Egypt, as Mo Salah is finding out
Shortly before he was assassinated, US President Abraham Lincoln said that it was best to avoid popularity if you want peace. Like so many public figures he realised that...
Published in: Africa, Article, Asia & Americas, Egypt, Europe & Russia, Opinion, Russia, US
August 15, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Netanyahu has dug himself into a hole in a graveyard full of untruths
Benjamin Netanyahu has dived headlong into the furore engulfing Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, revealing the most blatant meddling to-date by Israel in British politics. What’s more, he’s done...
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK, US
August 9, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The men in charge of Saudi Arabia really don’t care a jot about Muslim women
If ever there was a time for the government of Saudi Arabia to stand up and defend its female citizens it is now, with Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Canada, Europe & Russia, Middle East, Opinion, Saudi Arabia, UK, US
August 6, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
The Corbyn anti-Semitism row reveals how desperate Israel and its lobbyists are
The socialist leader of a British political party embroiled in an anti-Semitism row has apologised for appearing on platforms with people who drew Nazi-style comparisons with Israel’s actions. His...
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Germany, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
July 31, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Scotland's ‘Braveheart’ pension fund divests from Israeli bank
A landmark decision by a major Scottish pension fund to divest from Israel’s Bank Hapoalim could trigger a massive financial withdrawal by other funds in Scotland. The Falkirk Pension...
Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
July 26, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Tariq Ramadan’s detention exposes the flaws in French liberté, égalité and fraternité
The authorities in France are coming under international pressure over their treatment of Muslim academic and philosopher Tariq Ramadan who is being held in custody pending investigations into a...
Published in: Africa, Article, Egypt, Europe & Russia, France, Opinion
July 13, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
With a British minister dodging Israeli bullets, will his new boss stand up for international law?
Now that Jeremy Hunt has replaced Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary in Whitehall, Palestinians are hopeful that there might be some cause for optimism, but if Britain’s top diplomat...
Published in: Article, Europe & Russia, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, UK
July 2, 2018 | Yvonne Ridley
Who killed Razan Al-Najjar?
A new petition circulating on social media serves as a reminder that the Israeli sniper who shot Palestinian paramedic Razan Al-Najjar on 1 June could be a British citizen...
Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, US