September 11, 2019 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Yvonne Ridley 'It seems that in Britain the law still operates in favour of the privileged elite, like Asma Al-Assad'
February 3, 2019 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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...
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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://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/20180517_2_30434049_33842459-e1567326454528.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190521_2_36545225_44658718-e1558559249373.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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...![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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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&zoom=1&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...