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A US official has denied media reports that Secretary of State John Kerry threatened the Palestinian Authority with economic sanctions if President Mahmoud Abbas goes ahead with a unilateral...

The United Kingdom has contributed an additional $4.7 million to the UNRWA Flash Appeal for Gaza, the UN announced on yesterday. The funding will help UNRWA meet the urgent...

Comedian Ivor Dembina made headlines in the Jewish and comedy industry press last week. Dembina, who is Jewish, has barred several comedians from performing at his club to due...

In March this year, EU leaders met to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. In a media statement, British Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Russia and said that the "territorial...

Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood arrived in the Jordanian capital, Amman, yesterday on an official visit to discuss regional developments mainly in...

I was told years ago by a pro-Palestinian activist that the trouble with the people from the West Bank and Gaza was the colour of their skin. Squirming in...

The embassies of the UK and Canada in Cairo remained closed yesterday in spite of the Egyptian authorities' compliance with the embassies' security requirements. A spokesperson for the British...

On Saturday December 7, the British Government announced that it would re-open its first naval base in the Gulf since it withdrew from the region in 1971. The base...

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has announced the appointment of Sir John Jenkins as Executive Director of the IISS–Middle East. The current British ambassador to Saudi Arabia...

Press StatementDate: 5 December 2014Release: Immediate The international legal team who represent deposed Egyptian President, Dr.Mohammed Morsi, have called on international organisations, including the United Nations, to commence an...

The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Shawki Allam, has cancelled a planned visit to Britain following a UK High Court order allowing the investigation of members of the Egyptian...

Muslim organisations in the UK sent a letter to the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey criticising the decision to allow the current Mufti of Egypt, Shawki Ibrahim Allam,...

For all its bravado, Israel is terrified of bad publicity. So it should be, for neither the legions of public relations companies nor well-paid lobbyists have been able to...

The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, introduced to the Commons yesterday, is intended to counter the threat posed by Islamic State (Isis) and the increasing number of Britons travelling to...

Below is the full text from a press release by ITN Solicitors, a leading Criminal and Human Rights law firm based in London. The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed...

Today is a difficult time for a Muslim charity in Britain. For all your hard work, you risk being reviled, smeared and branded a terrorist organisation. The Palestinian Relief...

Last month, the UK Defence Secretary called the United Arab Emirates "one of our closest allies and partners." His statement comes from a long tradition of sucking up to...

New government figures collated by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), show that the UK approved £7 million worth of military licences to Israel during the six months leading up...

"We need to remember that some of the most beautiful pieces of architecture, that we all love and we all travel to see, have been military fortifications and sites...

Zionist activists have urged British MPs to implement new legislation that police could use to stop non-violent, pro-BDS protests. Manchester-based group North-West Friends of Israel have urged politicians to...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales, visited Gaza today, during his trip to the region. The Cardinal lead over 100 pilgrims from the Diocese...

Following the historical recognition by the Swedish government, British legislators voted overwhelmingly on a non-binding resolution urging their government to recognise the state of Palestine. Ireland's Seanad and Spain's...

Britain asked the United Arab Emirates on Monday to clarify why it has placed three UK-based Islamic organisations on its list of terrorist groups without any further explanation. The...

Columnist for The Sun and infamous celebrity Katie Hopkins provoked outrage this week by taking to Twitter to describe Palestinians as "filthy rodents", as well as other Islamophobic remarks....

Students at King's College London (KCL) protested an Israeli army veteran's presence on campus this week, conducing a peaceful, silent walk out towards the end of his talk. Hen...

The third annual Palestine Book Awards, one of MEMO's flagship events, celebrated this year's publications on Palestine yesterday evening. Seven books were shortlisted from the 22 entries in this...

The Palestine Book Awards ceremony organised by Middle East Monitor on 7 November in Paddington took place on an evening of grim news emerging from Jerusalem, with Al-Aqsa under...

The early signs of a public campaign against human rights violations by the United Arab Emirates (UEA) looked to be taking shape in London yesterday evening. A public seminar...

British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon arrived in Kuwait on Thursday for a one-day visit, travelling from Irbil in the north of Iraq, diplomatic sources told Anadolu news agency. The...

In the first of three events with the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian American journalist and a leading proponent of the Palestinian cause spoke at Imperial...

Prince Charles has stepped into the volatile arena of Middle Eastern politics by calling the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria an "indescribable tragedy." The prince said that...

The Judges of the Middle East Monitor Palestine Book Awards have compiled a shortlist. Of the twenty-three books submitted, seven have been selected. The range of books was impressive,...