Reports

Harsh winter storms hit the Levant this week, affecting millions of refugees. Emergency relief supplies and services, such as shelters, sanitation, health care and food, are now completely inaccessible...

Corruption is endemic in the Palestinian Authority, the private sector and NGOs. It is spreading across all sections of Palestinian society. A report prepared by the European Union stated...

The number of refugees in Lebanon has now reached 25 per cent of the total population. 78 per cent of the ever-increasing number or Syrian refugees, who currently number...

"Cyprus must do everything possible to secure use of Israeli gas at a planned LNG terminal on the island, or else risk jeopardising the whole project," Charles Ellinas, national...

Renewed 'peace talks' between Israeli and the Palestinian Authority officials have quietly been going on behind closed doors and a U.S.-imposed media blackout for three months now. Like all...

In a recent debate in parliament, it was reported that former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw had said that the greatest obstacle to peace between Israel, Palestine, and its...

Preface – The national interest, pro-Israel advocacy and anti-Semitism BICOM and its staff/donors are part of the British establishment, notably the right of the Labour Party. The interests of...

A reading of the National Democratic Institute survey results – October 2013 The National Democratic Institute (NDI) conducted a survey in Libya during May 10th to 30th 2013, funded...

Palestinian students who study at Israeli universities are confronted by racist assaults from the day they step foot on university campuses in an attempt to discourage them or even...

By Elias Sa'adah In 2008, a few days after giving birth, Mrs. TM, a teacher since 2006 and living in the occupied West Bank, received a letter terminating her...

Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails The number of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons and detention centres has reached 4,750 people from every sector of Palestinian society. The...

The Jordan Valley is part of the occupied West Bank and lies along the border between Palestine and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is at the centre of...

The Beit Hanoun Crossing, called "Erez" by the Israeli Occupation Forces, has become a trap to catch Palestinians requiring treatment in Israeli or Palestinian Hospitals in the West Bank...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation's Department of International Relations has issued a brief report giving details of the 266 Palestinians killed by Israel in 2012. Israeli violations against the Palestinian...

The head of Hamas's Political Bureau has claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a ceasefire through the Americans, Europeans and Egyptians. Khaled Meshaal was quoted as saying...

The EU move to upgrade formally its Association Agreement with Israel, giving the latter even greater preferential access to European markets, has come under criticism since its announcement...

The ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, in place since the 2006 democratic election of Hamas, has been condemned widely by international figures, from British politicians to UN representatives....

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...