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July 13, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Apparently Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, is "very distressed" by the decision to revert the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia into a mosque; it has been a...
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July 1, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Vocal human rights activist Malcolm X once said: "You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress" and...
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June 25, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Britain's Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer sacked his shadow education secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, today after she tweeted praise for an interview in which the actor Maxine Peake described...
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June 23, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley A British aid worker has been kidnapped in Syria by members of a Sunni Islamist militant group in rebel-held Idlib, it emerged on Monday night. Tauqir Sharif, 31, from...
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June 8, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley I have deliberately avoided watching the video of the murder of George Floyd simply because I've seen so many similar images before on the streets of Palestine under Israel's...
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May 27, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Long before Sir Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors there were variations on the theme; the winners of any conflict get to write the definitive...
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May 26, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Ever since President Donald Trump blundered blindly into the Middle East with his woefully inexperienced team of advisors, US foreign policy has swung wildly out of control. Predictably, it...
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May 25, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Details are emerging about the kidnapping of two young people within Saudi Arabia which appears to be the latest desperate move by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to exert...
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May 11, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Sportswashing and the billions of dollars it involves might mean very little to most Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip as they go about their daily...
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April 28, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley When it comes to Palestinians and peace in the Middle East, world leaders and Western journalists have taken their eye off the ball due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
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April 23, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Syrians Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al-Gharib are not very nice men, apparently, and we are about to find out, in horrifying detail, exactly why. Every torturer who has ever...
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April 21, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley The mantra "we are all in this together" has been said numerous times every day recently by politicians of various stripes around the world as the Covid-19 pandemic rips...
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April 14, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Lockdowns come in many shapes and sizes, and the one that millions of us around the world are enduring today is in place for our own protection from the...
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March 31, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley If ever a nation was prepared for the onslaught of the Covid19 virus and all the disruption and fear that comes with it, some might think that the Palestinians...
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March 6, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Some people think that they can get away with shocking crimes in full view of a watching world because they have money, power or influence, or in the case...
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March 3, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Since the start of the 21st century, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 540 Palestinian athletes and other sportsmen and women. Many more have been wounded and crippled....
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February 29, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see US and NATO...
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February 27, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley The spread of the coronavirus — Covid-19 — has now reached epidemic proportions, with cases in dozens of countries around the world, and growing alarm at the epicentre in...
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February 23, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Tensions have risen rapidly in north-west Syria following the killing of yet another Turkish soldier by Russian-backed regime forces. The Turkish death toll is now heading towards 20 as...
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February 21, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley British-born Jews are being told that they are "second class" citizens in an extraordinary letter written by a critic of the government decision to revoke citizenship from a number...
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February 18, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley A shadowy campaign group with a hidden agenda appears to be exploiting Palestinian children from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. Just when we thought that elements of...
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January 26, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley There is an indelible link between the Holocaust and the current situation of the Palestinian people; to deny this simple fact exposes a deep-seated flaw in Zionist ideology. I...
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January 24, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley There is likely to be a massacre of hundreds of thousands of innocent people unless Arab rulers step up to the plate on Syria and show real leadership. I...
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January 20, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley We are approaching that time of year when people of many faiths and none come together in unity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which serves as a stark reminder...
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January 3, 2020 |
Yvonne Ridley Iran is not given to knee-jerk reactions, but those who run the country are extremely unpredictable nonetheless. That is why it is so difficult to anticipate what will result...
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December 31, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley It's that time of year again when vast amounts of money are spent on celebrating the New Year. Nowadays that often means wasteful firework displays with money quite literally...
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December 24, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley Once again the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is headline news around the world after a court in Saudi Arabia announced the death sentence for five men and long...
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December 23, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley Why does Israel consider itself to be above the law? And why do supporters of the Zionist state look the other way when its war crimes raise their ugly...
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December 11, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley Rabid Zionist Donald Trump has proved once again that you can stand up in a room full of Jewish supporters and spew out anti-Semitic tropes with complete immunity as...
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December 3, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley Around the same time that Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was pressed on his party's record on anti-Semitism, an American pastor and supporter of Donald Trump unleashed an...
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November 25, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley There has never been a more dangerous time to be a journalist than in the 21st century because the simple act of telling the truth can cost you your...
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November 19, 2019 |
Yvonne Ridley In the world of US President Donald Trump, the illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land with flagrant disregard for international law have been declared legal. The acquisition...
![Hagia Sophia [Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/3904811506_37e505122d_k.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Apparently Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, is "very distressed" by the decision to revert the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia into a mosque; it has been a...![British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at No. 10 Downing Street, in London, UK on 5 September 2019 [Kate Green/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190905_2_38057937_47312073-1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Vocal human rights activist Malcolm X once said: "You don't stick a knife in a man's back nine inches and then pull it out six inches and say you're making progress" and...
Britain's Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer sacked his shadow education secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, today after she tweeted praise for an interview in which the actor Maxine Peake described...![Israelis gather to stage a demonstration to protest against Israel's annexation plan for the illegal settlements in West Bank and Jordan Valley, in Tel Aviv, Israel on June 6, 2020 [Nir Keidar / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200607_2_42837367_55708332.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
I have deliberately avoided watching the video of the murder of George Floyd simply because I've seen so many similar images before on the streets of Palestine under Israel's...![A Palestinian mad holds the keys to his house in Bi'r Muin town, which he and his family were forced to leave during the Nakba, 12 May 2020 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Nakba20200516_2_42469154_54980853.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Long before Sir Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors there were variations on the theme; the winners of any conflict get to write the definitive...![A Palestinian protestor seen during the weekly protest near the Gaza-Israel separation fence in the Gaza Strip on 11 November, 2019 [Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_6938.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Ever since President Donald Trump blundered blindly into the Middle East with his woefully inexperienced team of advisors, US foreign policy has swung wildly out of control. Predictably, it...![A portrait of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears during a show as a part of celebrations of the 88th Saudi National Day at the King Fahad stadium on September 23, 2018 in Riyadh [FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GettyImages-1038686482-scaled-e1590408731610.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Details are emerging about the kidnapping of two young people within Saudi Arabia which appears to be the latest desperate move by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to exert...![St James' Park, home of Newcastle United FC [Flickr]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/football-2868275_1920-e1589183836815.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Sportswashing and the billions of dollars it involves might mean very little to most Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip as they go about their daily...![US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House on 28 January 2020 in Washington, DC. [Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/GettyImages-1197122212.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
When it comes to Palestinians and peace in the Middle East, world leaders and Western journalists have taken their eye off the ball due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...![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)
Syrians Anwar Raslan and Eyad Al-Gharib are not very nice men, apparently, and we are about to find out, in horrifying detail, exactly why. Every torturer who has ever...![A man carries a placard reading "What is Love" on the Republique square in Paris, during a banned demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people, on 26 July, 2014 [KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GettyImages-452721890-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The mantra "we are all in this together" has been said numerous times every day recently by politicians of various stripes around the world as the Covid-19 pandemic rips...![Palestinian children stand in front of a graffitied wall April 27, 2002 in the West Bank town of Jenin. A United Nations fact finding mission is scheduled to be in Jenin tomorrow to asses the Israeli action within this West Bank town. [Darren McCollester/Getty Images]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GettyImages-1538808-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Lockdowns come in many shapes and sizes, and the one that millions of us around the world are enduring today is in place for our own protection from the...![A group of volunteer youth carry out disinfection work during the coronavirus pandemic in Gaza on 29 March 2020 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200329_2_41614143_53474291.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
If ever a nation was prepared for the onslaught of the Covid19 virus and all the disruption and fear that comes with it, some might think that the Palestinians...![Sheikha Shamsa Al-Maktoum, daughter of the UAE's Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, hasn't been seen in public since 2010 [latifa.info]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/0_SHAMSA-BINT-MOHAMMED-BIN-RASHID-AL-MAKTOUM-e1564840240270.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Some people think that they can get away with shocking crimes in full view of a watching world because they have money, power or influence, or in the case...![Palestinian players of Shabab Khan Younis football club celebrate after scoring a goal during the final football match of the Palestine Cup for the southern governorates with Shabab Rafah football club at Palestine stadium in Gaza city on 30 April, 2018 [Mahmoud Ajour/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/45300418_MJ_00-14-520x800.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Since the start of the 21st century, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 540 Palestinian athletes and other sportsmen and women. Many more have been wounded and crippled....![US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (L) and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (R) shake hands after signing the peace agreement between US, Taliban, in Doha, Qatar on 29 February 2020. [Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200229_2_41108174_52632536.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see US and NATO...![Demonstrators take part in a demonstration against human rights violations of China on 27 December 2019 [Abdulhamid Hoşbaş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/20191227_2_40054487_50735159.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
The spread of the coronavirus — Covid-19 — has now reached epidemic proportions, with cases in dozens of countries around the world, and growing alarm at the epicentre in...![A convoy of 300 Turkish Armed Forces' armoured vehicles including personnel carriers, are seen on their way to Syrian border to support the military units deployed at the border, on February 10, 2020, in Hatay, Turkey [Burak Milli / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200210_2_40767975_52004006.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Tensions have risen rapidly in north-west Syria following the killing of yet another Turkish soldier by Russian-backed regime forces. The Turkish death toll is now heading towards 20 as...![Palestinian young boys look at the wreckage of Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh's office and close site after Israeli warplanes carry out airstrikes across the blockaded Gaza Strip despite the ceasefire, in Gaza City, Gaza on March 26, 2019 [Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190326_2_35636369_42982009.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
A shadowy campaign group with a hidden agenda appears to be exploiting Palestinian children from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. Just when we thought that elements of...![An elderly Palestinian and a child during the Nakba [Hanini/Wikipedia]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018-10-6_nakbaOldman_girl_nakba.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
There is an indelible link between the Holocaust and the current situation of the Palestinian people; to deny this simple fact exposes a deep-seated flaw in Zionist ideology. I...
There is likely to be a massacre of hundreds of thousands of innocent people unless Arab rulers step up to the plate on Syria and show real leadership. I...![People hold banners as they stage a demonstration near the US Capitol building to protest against massacres carried out by the Myanmar military against Rohingya people one year ago, on 25 August, 2018 in Washington, United States [Yasin Öztürk/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180826_2_32073902_36678501.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
We are approaching that time of year when people of many faiths and none come together in unity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which serves as a stark reminder...
Iran is not given to knee-jerk reactions, but those who run the country are extremely unpredictable nonetheless. That is why it is so difficult to anticipate what will result...![A view from Jabaliya refugee camp as Palestinians trying to live under hard conditions, on December 17, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201217_2_45904817_60713222.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
It's that time of year again when vast amounts of money are spent on celebrating the New Year. Nowadays that often means wasteful firework displays with money quite literally...![Police barricade in front of the Saudi consulate as the waiting continues on the killing of Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Turkey on 21 October 2018 [Muhammed Enes Yıldırım/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181021_2_33007856_38303897.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Once again the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is headline news around the world after a court in Saudi Arabia announced the death sentence for five men and long...![Building of the International Criminal Court [Wikipedia]](https://i1.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/International_Criminal_Court_building_2016_in_The_Hague-e1581770209326.png?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
Why does Israel consider itself to be above the law? And why do supporters of the Zionist state look the other way when its war crimes raise their ugly...
Rabid Zionist Donald Trump has proved once again that you can stand up in a room full of Jewish supporters and spew out anti-Semitic tropes with complete immunity as...
There has never been a more dangerous time to be a journalist than in the 21st century because the simple act of telling the truth can cost you your...![An aerial view of a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem on 4 October 2018 [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20181006_2_32728559_37854674.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
In the world of US President Donald Trump, the illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land with flagrant disregard for international law have been declared legal. The acquisition...