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LIVE UPDATES: Iran closes Hormuz Strait to all vessels in response to new US attack

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced early on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz had been closed to all types of vessels in what it described as the first response to a new US attack

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    • Gaza: On the ground

      • Colombian president likens Israeli occupation to Nazi regime, prompting Israeli backlash

        Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 11 May

        MEMO spoke to Motasem A Dalloul, a survivor of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, in the first of a new series of regular updates from the ground. Dalloul describes the daily struggle to survive: hunger, cold, the collapse of healthcare, and ongoing Israeli violations despite the so-called ceasefire. WATCH: Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 22 April

    • MEMO in conversation

      • Colombian president likens Israeli occupation to Nazi regime, prompting Israeli backlash

        MEMO in Conversation with Raouf Farrah

        In this conversation with Raouf Farrah, lead Africa analyst at SecDev and co-editor of Rising for Palestine, we discuss his new book and its call for renewed Africa-Palestine solidarity. We also discuss the Sumud convoy, a North African solidarity initiative organised to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza. Farrah reflects on the political obstacles the convoy faced and what they reveal about the regional response to Palestine. Raouf Farrah is the Lead Africa Analyst at the SecDev Group, a risk analytics firm working at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. In 2025, he was instrumental in organising  The Sumud Convoy, an attempt to break Israel’s siege on Gaza This year, Farrah co-edited a book, Rising for Palestine. MORE >>> MEMO in […]

    • Reviews

      • Colombian president likens Israeli occupation to Nazi regime, prompting Israeli backlash

        Violence and Crime Among the Palestinian Community in Israel: The Shattering of the Indigenous

        Through concise but extremely detailed chapters in their book Violence and Crime Among the Palestinian Community in Israel: The Shattering of the Indigenous, Nohad ’Ali and Asad Ghanem break down the politics, science and sociology of a rising violence and crime rate among Palestinians in Israel. Setting the scene immediately for the repercussions of colonialism on the indigenous population, ’Ali and Ghanem take note of “a decline in the frames of reference” that are important for organisation and control in society. “This lack of ‘references’ results from the complex predicament of the Palestinian-Arab minority in Israel, which has worsened significantly in the last two decades.” The authors identify three main reasons for this decline. One is due to Israel’s ethnic […]

    • Palestine This Week

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        100 Days In: Palestine, Iran, and the War Remaking the Middle East | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

        With the Iran war passing its 100-day mark, we take a bird’s-eye view of what this war has truly revealed. From its roots in the unresolved question of Palestine, to the limits of US power, fractures in the US-Israel relationship — including reports of Israeli intelligence spying on American negotiators — and the crisis of Zionism itself, we ask whether this war has backfired on its instigators and made Palestine more central than ever. Get your copy of ‘Gaza Apocalypse’ by Mouin Rabbani: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gaza-apocalypse/   WATCH: The Iron Dome of Lies: Rape, Ruin & Plunder | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

Islam Race and Rebellion in the Americas: Transatlantic Echoes of the West African Jihads

100 Days In: Palestine, Iran, and the War Remaking the Middle East | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy

MEMO in Conversation with Motasem A Dalloul