Middle East Monitor
clear
Free Subscription
Middle East Monitor

Creating new perspectives since 2009

Middle East Monitor

All Stories Archive

  • January 24, 2014

    Just where does Israel's legitimacy stem from anyway?

    All of the major pro-Israel Lobbyists, including Barack Obama just a few days ago, have used the word “delegitimisation” to condemn critics of the State of Israel and its...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    The Arab Spring: What did it do for women?

    Earlier this year year London played host to the highest ranking female politician in the Arab world, her position made possible by the advent of the Arab Spring –...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    The naked truth about Tunisia's topless protester

    Tunisian feminist Amina Tyler says that she set out to highlight the issue of women’s rights when she posted topless pictures of herself on the Femen website. Since you...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    So why did Netanyahu apologise to Turkey now?

    Under normal circumstances, when one country apologises to another it usually passes without comment. When the country doing the apologising is Israel people sit up and take notice. Israel...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    Herzliya Conference outlines Israeli concerns

    This year’s Herzliya Conference in Israel was held amid the state’s fears of the rapid political changes in the region. This prompted the organisers to invite many Israeli officials...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    Israel's impunity and its culture of torture

    The recognition of torture in Israeli prisons is subject to a host of narratives, entrenching it within a distinct, yet hidden realm. Since the start of Israel’s illegal occupation,...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    The proxy war destroying Syria

    Writing about Syria is emotionally draining and intellectually overwhelming. Evident by the level of destruction and killing, the mutual hatred between President Bashar Al Assad’s regime and the armed...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    This year's Land Day serves as a reminder of the on-going ethnic cleansing

    On 30 March, Palestinians around the world will commemorate Land Day. It marks a day in 1976, when Israeli security forces shot dead six Palestinians and injured around 100...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    The Arab-Israeli conflict needs to retake centre stage

    There is an ongoing discussion in the media and social media about the Arab-Israeli conflict going back to centre stage in the Arab world. What’s new is that the...

    Article

  • January 24, 2014

    The significance of Land Day

    Exactly thirty-seven years ago, on 30th March 1976, the people of Palestine rose up against Israel’s occupation of their land. After 28 years of living under curfews and restrictions...

    Article