Six years after the first parliamentary elections in the occupied Palestinian territories, differences between the main political parties have taken a worrying turn. Persistent external meddling has given rise...

The Chair of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has revealed that young people aged 15-29 make up 29.8 per cent of the total Palestinian population in the...

Introduction On 25 June 2011, the celebrated Palestinian social, political and civil rights leader Sheikh Raed Salah arrived at London’s Heathrow airport at the invitation of the independent media...

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, 7 NOVEMBER 2011 “May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence”Bertrand Russell, London, 13 November 1966 The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international citizen-based...

The Conservative Middle East Council have just launched their very first publication, The Arab Spring: Implications for British Policy. It is a compilation of essays which brings together some...

His name has been in the news a lot recently, but who exactly is Abdul Hakim Belhadj, the military commander of the Libyan rebels? In March 2010, Al Jazeera...

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in conjunction with the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the European Muslim Research Centre (EMRC) at Exeter University carried out a joint study in...

The Middle East Monitor has followed every step of the Egyptian revolution ever since it erupted on 25 January 2011. Our staff have scrutinised very closely the media coverage...

Introduction The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain has issued several reports on human rights violations in the territory of the Palestinian Authority highlighting the practice of torture...

Israel’s Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThis report consists of a series of case studies that compare Israel’s different treatment of Jewish settlements to nearby Palestinian...

Summary Israeli banks provide the financial infrastructure for all activities of companies, governmental agencies and individuals in the continuing occupation of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights. The services...

By Richard Falk Summary The present report considers developments relevant to the obligations of Israel under international law, as well as the situation of people living in the Occupied...

During the ‘Moratorium’ During the first half of 2010, Israel continued to violate its obligations under international law and Phase 1 of the Road Map: Housing starts: While there...

An Israeli analytic report into the severe repercussions of the US withdrawal from Iraq Authors: Alon Levin and Yuval BustanPublisher: Sikur Memukad magazine website, August 2010 editionOriginal Language: Hebrew...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) in Britain has recently released a report on the condition of Palestinian detainees in Egyptian jails. MEMO has gained access to the...

MEMO Response to Ministry of Justice ConsultationIntroduction The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) is an independent media research institution founded in the United Kingdom to foster a fair and accurate...

Liberal Democrats Fact sheet on Israel/Palestine and the political parties – Download Here  ...

Arab Organization for Human Rights in UK Special report about the killing of tunnel workers AOHR 7-1-2010Away from eye witnesses In the name of sovereignty, the Egyptian government sprays...

The Arab Organisation of Human Rights in the UK Special Report – Egyptian government infected by mad Israeli wall disease The UK-based Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) confirms...

By Dr Ang Swee ChaiI returned to Gaza in January 2009 when it sustained the worst attack since the Six Day war in 1967.  The Christmas week of 2008...

To mark the 61st anniversary of international human rights day (following the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 10th December 1948) The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) once again highlights the...

PALESTINE: SALVAGING FATAHMiddle East Report N°91 – 12 November 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYWhy should anyone care about Fatah’s fate? The 50-year-old movement, once the beating heart of Palestinian nationalism, is...

Report by: Fuad Al Khoffash (Researcher) and Ghassan Obaid (Human Rights Activist) There are various forms of historical injustice against the Palestinian people that are resulted from the existence of...

Elderly People in the Palestinian Territory represent 4.4% of the total population mid 2009   01/10/2009 On the Anniversary day of Elderly, 01/10/2009 Elderly People in the Palestinian Territory represent...

On April 15, 2014, France plans to arrange an informal confidential gathering of Security Council members (a so-called “Arria-formula” meeting) in order to consider a report on the mass...

Earlier this year, Amnesty International reported about the ‘Trigger-happy’ Israel’s excessive use of force on Palestinians in the West Bank. Deputy Director of the organisation in the MENA region,...

The issue of Jerusalem is at the core of the Palestinian cause, which in turn is at the core of the conflict with Zionism. In other words, the issue...

The phenomenon of prisoners of war is one of the most significant consequences of conflict between nation states or in countries subject to occupation. There is no doubting the...

The worsening problem of water in the Middle East is one of the most significant and dangerous struggles currently facing the region today. From issues of continuous deterioration in...

Olive production It is olive harvest season once again in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) and something unusual is taking place, something unique to this region. Unlike most harvests...

A legal and lethal tool of Israeli repression A largely neglected instrument of legal Israeli repression used against the Palestinian people is that of administrative detention. Thousands of men...

In 1948, following the horrors of World War Two and the atrocities committed by the Nazis against millions of people across Europe, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the...