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Yvonne Ridley

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British journalist and author Yvonne Ridley provides political analysis on affairs related to the Middle East, Asia and the Global War on Terror. Her work has appeared in numerous publications around the world from East to West from titles as diverse as The Washington Post to the Tehran Times and the Tripoli Post earning recognition and awards in the USA and UK. Ten years working for major titles on Fleet Street she expanded her brief into the electronic and broadcast media producing a number of documentary films on Palestinian and other international issues from Guantanamo to Libya and the Arab Spring.

 

Items by Yvonne Ridley

  • 'The world is creating another Palestine'

    The international community must act swiftly on the Rohingya crisis or the world will create another Palestine. That was the stark warning issued by a delegation from the Middle East in a meeting with the Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament on Tuesday. The members of the delegation included representatives...

  • The child who knows too much about cruelty in this world

    Millions of children around the world will wake up on Christmas Day and rip open their presents and parcels with an enthusiasm that only a child can display. The sparkle in their eyes will speak volumes to their parents and family. It’s an expression of undiluted happiness repeated across...

  • Has Trump just delivered Middle East unity?

    You have to hand it to Donald Trump. It seems that the US President has brought a degree of unity to the Middle East that no one expected — least of all him — when he overturned US foreign policy last week by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of...

  • Susiya village has become a real test of Israel’s moral fibre

    Pressure is mounting on Israel as politicians, diplomats and religious leaders around the world have come together to condemn the Zionist state over its planned demolition of the village of Susiya in the occupied West Bank. Some believe that the demolition would amount to a war crime. The international condemnation,...

  • A tale of two tweets

    There is an ongoing furore over a series of tweets which expose the double standards employed in the general reaction to them and the resultant fall out. As usual, US President Donald Trump and the polarising effect he has on social networks, is at the heart of one of...

  • Palestinians and South Africans are united in their struggle for freedom

    Nelson Mandela’s grandson arrived in Palestine on Sunday morning for a historic visit to the nation that the late President of South Africa so admired. During his time in Palestine, it is expected that Chief Mandla Mandela MP will hold several meetings with Palestinian leaders, including one with the...

  • Patel-Israel scandal grows as May tries to weather the storm

    Quite how long Priti Patel can hold on to her job as a Secretary of State remains to be seen after she has been exposed as a liar over the finer details of her so-called family holiday to Israel over the summer. Not only did she trample over strict...

  • Sitting Priti as minister is protected by Tel Aviv

    The British Parliament is in a crisis, engulfed by yet more sleaze and sex scandals which have already led to the departure of one high profile secretary of state and many other senior politicians facing forensic scrutiny. Presiding over all of this is Theresa May; the Prime Minister is...

  • South African students are giving Israel a lesson in honesty, integrity and morality

    Some observers get very touchy at the mention of a pro-Israel lobby sweeping the corridors of power to influence opinion formers, politicians and media in order for them to look favourably upon the Zionist state. Quite why they get so defensive is beyond me when it is quite clear...

  • Forgiveness must be part of the Palestinian armoury

    The Hamas-Fatah reconciliation in Cairo has silenced critics as the decade-long rift between the two main Palestinian factions ended — we hope finally — a few days ago. Among those waiting anxiously for news of the outcome was 87-year-old Laloo Isu Chiba from his office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The...

  • Women Wage Peace, but who knew?

    If tens of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis joined forces and set off on a two-week march for peace through the Biblical deserts you’d think that it would be headline news, wouldn’t you? Think again. That is exactly what happened over the past couple of weeks when 30,000 women...

  • Racist America runs out of excuses as a marathon man from Palestine is banned

    Serious questions need to be asked about America’s suitability to host any international sporting event after the US authorities denied entry to a well-known Palestinian-born marathon runner in the wake of its blanket visa bans on numerous Muslim countries, even though he was granted asylum and now lives in...

  • The pro-Israel lobby is losing its grip on Westminster

    This has not been a good week for Israel, especially in Britain, where the Zionist lobbyists have spent millions in recent years oiling the cogs in Westminster to persuade politicians of all stripes to give their unconditional support to their favourite state. It has worked rather well for them,...

  • Looking at Myanmar, it is clear that the ICC is not fit for purpose

    Nobel Peace laureates and other luminaries are queueing up to berate Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to intervene in the genocide unfolding in Myanmar. There are, however, bigger villains lurking in the shadows to blame for what is happening to the Rohingya people. The vilification of Suu Kyi and...

  • Peace One Day... but probably without Trump

    Famous film producer and Hollywood executive Richard A. Rowland coined the phrase about “lunatics taking over the asylum” when a group of rebel actors led by the legendary Charlie Chaplin formed United Artists to protect their own work. The saying has since been hijacked on many occasions. Surely, though, it...

  • Millions of Palestinians have good reason to remember Peres

    Tel Aviv loves nothing more than a good excuse for a memorial or a ceremony of some sort to divert international attention from the injustices it metes out on a daily basis to the Palestinian people. Thursday provided such an occasion in honour of former President and Prime Minister...

  • The education of Palestinian children is an act of resistance

    In this year of significant anniversaries — the Balfour Declaration; Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the Israeli-led siege of Gaza — another is creeping up on us. The fifth anniversary of the day that the Taliban tried to kill schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai is fast approaching....

  • Censorship of photographic exhibition exposing Israeli brutality angers Scots

    Whenever they are confronted with irrefutable evidence of Israeli brutality it seems that the only options for supporters of the Zionist State are censorship, abuse and intimidation...

  • Palestine is no country for old men

    Millions of us around the world have supported the Palestinian cause for decades. In our calls for justice for the people of Palestine we have stood alongside some political giants. I can’t think of any other piece of land — we are talking about a tiny scrap hardly the...

  • Does Britain have a secret travel ban against Arabs?

    Britain stands accused of operating a secret travel ban against Arabs after it emerged that a large number of internationally renowned academics, religious leaders, musicians, artists and performers from the Middle East have been refused visas to enter the UK. All were booked to appear or perform at the...

  • Disbelief is growing as Scotland's First Minister backs Israel's dark arts

    Scotland has a proud record of standing up with persecuted minorities, including those who are targeted purely for their faith, ethnicity or culture. It is the only European country where there is no history of Jews being persecuted or threatened by state institutions. From the Middle Ages to the...

  • The hemline that hit the headlines: it could only happen in Saudi Arabia

    To say that the Middle East is in turmoil is a major understatement when you consider the suffering and hardship endured by millions of ordinary Arab men, women and children right now. From East to West, though, they appear to have been abandoned in terms of news coverage. The headline...

  • Opposing Zionism is not racism, rules Scottish court

    In yet another landmark legal victory, members of the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign emerged from court victorious today after being accused of racism. Their “crime”? Standing up to Zionism. The trial ended three years of speculation and pressure for SPSC members whose robust defence of their actions won the day...

  • The Palestinians can learn from the blockade of Qatar

    There are many lessons that the Palestinians can take from the crisis in the Gulf which has seen four Arab states impose an air, land and sea blockade on the tiny state of Qatar. The first is to recognise how fickle friendships actually are among supposedly Arab brothers, and how...