British Government

A number of senior Israeli army officials last week cancelled a visit to the UK after the British government refused to give guarantees they would not be arrested during...

The Arab League has condemned strongly the British government's arrest of Sheikh Raed Salah, the prominent leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel. In a statement the League demanded...

On Wednesday morning, an Arab delegation representing the Higher Follow-up Committee for the Arab community inside Israel, met with the British Ambassador to Israel, Mathew Gould, at the British...

The Palestinian National Assembly for Jerusalem is the highest representative body for Palestinians in the Holy City, with members from all Palestinian political parties, Muslim and Christian religious denominations...

Officials of the Islamic Movement in Israel have sent a letter of complaint to the British ambassador in Tel Aviv about the arrest of their leader, Sheikh Raed Salah....

Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi was re-elected as the leader of Tunisia's ruling Al-Nahda Party on Monday during the 9th Convention of the party's General Committee. The convention was the first...

EXCLUSIVE PICTIRES A festival entitled 'And He Returned Victorious' was organised by the Islamic Movement inside Israel yesterday to celebrate Sheikh Raed's victory in his appeal against the British...

Britain's ambassador to Tel Aviv has said that Israel has the support of Western countries in its stand against Iran's nuclear programme. Matthew Gould added that, as such, Israel...

Arab Secrets website has revealed that Saudi Arabia has engaged the services of the British company G4S to provide security for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. The Website...

The National Committee for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop dealing with G4S because the security company is involved in Israel's violations...

On Tuesday, the Palestinian civil defence crew in Gaza found on old cannon in the sea near Zawayda in central Gaza Strip that is believed to date back to...

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, has called on the UK to recognise the Palestinian state, raise the level of diplomatic relations between the two countries,...

A Saudi prince has criticised the lack of support from the US and Britain for the fighters of the Free Syrian Army. Turki Al-Faisal claimed that the conflict and...

In an op-ed published by the New York Times on Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain criticised the US and its Western allies regarding their policy in Syria and...

Informed sources from the Egyptian community in Britain have revealed that Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the former mufti of Egypt, cancelled a scheduled visit to London for fear of being...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

Israeli political sources accused the British government of putting obstacles in the Jewish state's path to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).  A vote will be...

The British government is said to be 'urgently' looking into its universal jurisdiction laws, following the successful issuing of a warrant by Westminster magistrates' court for the arrest of...

The latest act of Israeli aggression against aid workers seeking to help Palestinians under siege in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of at least 10 and possibly 20...

A leading campaigns organization in the UK has issued an urgent call to British parliamentarians to protect the principle of universal jurisdiction now under threat by a proposed government...

Britain's Minister for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said that the government is committed to returning funds embezzled from Egypt during...

The British Muslim advocacy group iEngage has written to Foreign Secretary William Hague raising concerns over the recent EU decision to upgrade bilateral relations between the EU and Israel....

Egypt's former Minister of Finance, who is wanted in his home country on corruption charges, may be handed over to the government in Cairo after a British minister said...

The British Minister of State in the Home Office, Jeremy Browne, said on Monday that Britain is committed to recovering as much of the money stolen by the Mubarak...

The head of the Qatar Institution for Education, Science and Social Development, Princess Moza Bint-Nasser, has met Prince Charles at Windsor Hotel in the UK to discuss the horizons...

Britain's Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office with responsibility for the Middle East has warned Israel about growing international pressure and isolation if the current peace efforts...

If this upcoming visit is intended to be similar to visits made by other international delegations; to learn about us and to speak about the values of peace, rights...

Following the deaths of hundreds and the wounding of thousands of protesters across Egypt the Middle East Monitor has been following responses by British officials closely. As well as...

Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to the situation in Egypt, said: "I am horrified by the reports of killings and escalating violence emerging from Egypt. The...

Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on Friday that Britain is to host a meeting of the core group of the Friends of Syria in London on Tuesday. In a...

Below is the text from Ismail Patel's open letter to the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in the United Kingdom. Click here to read about G4S's contract with Saudi Arabia...

Following the coup in Egypt, there have been many discussions about a possible embargo on military aid to the new regime in Cairo. Saudi Arabia has said that it...