Reports https://www.middleeastmonitor.com Latest news from the Middle East and North Africa Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:31:30 +0000 en-GB Middle East Monitor 30 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1 Reports – Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com 32 32 116394717 The Palestinian cause and Argentina's 'equidistant' policy https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230503-the-palestinian-cause-and-argentinas-equidistant-policy/ Wed, 03 May 2023 14:07:00 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=632759 The Palestinian cause and Argentina’s ‘equidistant’ policyAlthough geographically distant, Argentina has a history of solidarity with Palestine. Before the approval of the UN Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947, the South American country was a contender as a possible location for a "national home for the Jews". This idea appeared in Theodor Herzl's The Jewish State published in 1896. Argentina was identified as one of the options for the Zionist project, along with Palestine, due to the fertility of its lands and its small population at that time. According to the Zionist ideologue, Argentina was "one of the most fertile countries in the world, [that] extends over a vast area, has a sparse population, and a mild climate." Herzl believed that, "The Argentine Republic would derive […]]]> 632759 Club Deportivo Palestino, Chile Palestine Solidarity On The Football Pitch https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221120-club-deportivo-palestino-chile-palestine-solidarity-on-the-football-pitch/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:56:19 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=595261 Club Deportivo Palestino footballers in Chile stand in solidarity with the people of Jerusalem, 8 May 2021 [Club Deportivo Palestino]Anyone who watches Club Deportivo Palestino playing, or sees one of its shirts in official photographs, may think that it is a Palestinian football club. In a way, that's exactly what it is, and yet it is based in Chile, thousands of miles from occupied Palestine. It is Chile's own version of Palestine solidarity — on a football pitch. Chile has the largest Palestinian diaspora community in Latin America; the third or fourth largest in the world. There are 400,000 Palestinian Chileans now in their fourth or fifth generation; the sons and daughters of the pioneers who left the Middle East many years before the events that shredded their native land to pieces. The club attracts support not only in […]]]> 595261 Brazil with Lula 2022: Democracy defeats the menace of fascism https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221109-brazil-with-lula-2022-democracy-defeats-the-menace-of-fascism/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 13:23:48 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=592425 The threat of a Brazilian dictatorship legitimised by the ballot – with hordes of armed, ferocious zealots imposing their reactionary values, policies and codes of behaviour – persuaded democratic spirits to rise from years of internal disputes, common in times of political normality. Brazil closed the ranks on Jair Bolsonaro's re-election – the man who spurred four years of vicious, far-right zealotry. We needed to stop the fascists, or fascism would swallow Brazil. The day following two-time President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's electoral victory was proof enough. Bolsonaro's supporters – enraged and organised by social media groups, invisible to most of the population – launched a blockade on several federal roads, hoping to revert their defeat by force of […]]]> 592425 Without a trace: extrajudicial detention continues in Egypt https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220927-without-a-trace-extrajudicial-detention-continues-in-egypt/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:06:28 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=582806 Extrajudicial detention [ARIJ report]Islam Ahmad Khamis is a young Egyptian in his thirties. For seven years, his mother waited for him to return home after he was arrested one day in the winter of 2015 and was subjected to enforced disappearance — extrajudicial detention — on four occasions by the authorities. After disappearing over a pending case, Islam would reappear every time. Then, he would disappear again if a court declared him to be innocent or if it ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over his case. In 2016, Khamis was in Egypt's Tora Istiqbal Prison in connection with Case No. 185 of 2016. He disappeared again after his release to go back to prison in 2019 in connection with Case No. […]]]> 582806 Egypt's government-owned companies have shady employment policies https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220822-egypts-government-owned-companies-have-shady-employment-policies/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:45:48 +0000 , Middle East Monitor , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=574669 Construction workers [ARIJ]Illegal labour supply companies — employment agencies — in Egypt have reappeared, this time operating through companies that are wholly or partially owned by the government. Some of these are privately owned entities that have contracts to supply workers to companies using contracts that deny employees any remuneration or compensation rights to which they are entitled under Egyptian employment laws. This investigation documents how government companies and banks employ thousands of workers through labour supply companies in violation of the Labour Law, resulting in workers losing their rights. These entities include Al-Ahly National Bank, Egypt's oldest bank; Petrojet, the largest contracting company in the petroleum sector; and twenty-one other companies wholly or partially owned by the government. Moreover, government entities […]]]> 574669 Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet of Palestine https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220809-mahmoud-darwish-the-poet-of-palestine/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:00:16 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=564543 Late Palestinian poet and journalist Mahmoud Darwish gestures during his show in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, 15 July 2007 [GIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images]Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) was one of the most important Palestinian and Arab poets who contributed greatly to the development and progress of Arabic poetry. He was known as one of the writers of the resistance and his poems espoused the Palestinian cause. His poetry has been translated into several languages and his Arabic collections have sold more than a million copies. Darwish's poetry was deep, philosophical in meanings and connotations. He was the philosopher of poets and the poet of philosophers through his introduction of symbolism to modern Arabic poetry, employing myths and historical personalities in his work. This remains open to existential issues that affect humanity, in a way that opens Arab poetry to new and multiple worlds through […]]]> 564543 Egyptian athletes Red Carded by the Government https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220616-egyptian-athletes-red-carded-by-the-government/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:36:33 +0000 , Middle East Monitor , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=562219 Fans watch a football match in Cairo, Egypt on 3 February 2022 [Stringer/Anadolu Agency]Abdel-Rahman Hamdi was taking part in a boxing match in the 2015 Republic Championship tournaments, punching, and then dodging his opponent's jabs. That match was his first step towards realising his dreams to become a boxing champion, in the hope of engraving his name among the great sportsmen of his country. But a massive blow from his opponent lodged on his head has shattered all his dreams, as he collapsed and lost consciousness. This was the last scene in Abdel-Rahman's short sports career. He suffered from concussion that led to internal bleeding. Abdel-Rahman Hamdi's short journey is not unique. According to the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, Egypt has lost around 350 thousands athletes over the course […]]]> 562219 Brazil-Palestine-Israel Relations https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220428-brazil-palestine-israel-relations/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:18:57 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=552086 Brazil-Palestine-Israel relationsLatin America is one of the most supportive regions of the Palestinian cause. This was evident with the official recognition of the State of Palestine by most countries in the region, except for Mexico and Panama. Latin American governments proved their positions over the years by supporting United Nations (UN) resolutions favouring the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights. The rise to power of popular-democratic coalitions contributed to such a degree of international solidarity. These alliances made efforts to reach some independence in terms of foreign policy beyond the US diktats, including the approach to their major Middle Eastern ally, the Zionist State of Israel. According to Bruno Beaklini, MEMO researcher and columnist, there was a time when there was […]]]> 552086 Egyptian Doctors' migration: Why do they resign? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220422-egyptian-doctors-migration-why-do-they-resign/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:00:35 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=550491 Egyptian doctors check a patient's lung X-ray at the infectious diseases unit of the Imbaba hospital in the capital Cairo, on April 19,2020, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis [AHMED HASAN/AFP via Getty Images]The Egyptian Medical Syndicate revealed the resignation of 11,536 doctors from working in the government sector from the beginning of 2019 until last March 2020, which is considered a continuation of doctors' reluctance to work in the government sector and their increasing quest to migrate outside Egypt due to the poor conditions they suffer. The Medical Syndicate's data confirms the government's failure to achieve its goals, announced in 2019, to attract 60,000 doctors to government work again. Everything it has said over the past years about improving the conditions for doctors is nothing but empty propaganda. In March 2019, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Population, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research issued a study on Egypt's requirements for medical […]]]> 550491 Land Day https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220330-land-day/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:11:27 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=545945 Land DayLand Day is one of the most prominent days of the struggle of the Palestinians who were able to stay on their land in 1948; a milestone in Palestinian history since the Nakba of the same year. Despite the ethnic cleansing carried out by the Zionist terror gangs and nascent Israeli army, around 150,000 Palestinians remained on their land in what became the state of Israel. Although Israeli citizenship and identity cards were imposed on them, they were not protected from the evil of Zionism and the theft of their land, especially in the Galilee. The Palestinians in the area realised the scale of the Judaisation process and the danger it posed (and continues to pose) to their presence on […]]]> 545945 The Women who made Palestinian history https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220328-the-women-who-made-palestinian-history/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:50:52 +0000 Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=545713 The Women who made Palestinian historyInternational Women's Day is marked yearly on 8 March. The idea of celebrating the struggles faced by women came to light during an era of industrial and demographic growth and socio-economic turmoil. At the time, transformative ideas were emerging, and the oppression of women triggered a series of uprisings. Demonstrations everywhere called for equal rights for women, just as the 1856 working women's meetings and protests did in New York, US. Since then, millions of women have fought for justice and equal rights. The women's movement achieved several social, political, economic and scientific changes, overcoming barriers and taking pride in collective wins. However, women still need to fight for equality and fair opportunities in every scope of life. Unfortunately, these […]]]> 545713 Sisi calls on CNN, but national and foreign press are not welcome in Egypt https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220219-sisi-calls-on-cnn-but-national-and-foreign-press-are-not-welcome-in-egypt/ Sat, 19 Feb 2022 12:00:05 +0000 Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=537350 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Brussels, Belgium on February 16, 2022 [EU Council/Anadolu Agency]During the International Petroleum Technology Conference "Aegis 2022" last Monday, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi invited CNN anchor John Defterios to moderate a dialogue session at the conference and witness the developments taking place in the country. Defterios is a former CNN broadcaster currently working as a consultant for APCO Worldwide, specialising in public relations. Despite Al-Sisi's invitation, the reality of Egyptian and foreign reporters tells another story. Imprisonment is the fate of field journalists For years, Egyptian blogger Mohamed Ibrahim, known as "Mohamed Oxygen", roamed the streets of Egypt carrying his camera to convey people's pain and dreams, publishing them on his blog and his YouTube channel, which 386,000 people follow. However, Al-Sisi's regime considers his videos "a threat to […]]]> 537350 Stolen Livelihoods https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220121-stolen-livelihoods/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:40:25 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=528448 Siddiq Shehab arrived in the Gulf from his native Mangalore in South India in 1982, carrying an almost empty suitcase. Siddiq left everything behind and travelled to the Gulf to work for one of the largest contracting companies to save money for his wedding. Two years later, Siddiq got married and returned to the Gulf, where he stayed for 39 more years. He only saw his family for a couple of months once every two years, as he had to remain in the Gulf for work, while all his earnings went to support his family. Siddiq, an electrical supervisor, never thought he would return home empty- handed after not receiving his salary for 18 consecutive months. Without a choice, Siddiq […]]]> 528448 Ministry delays mean plans for overcrowded Jordanian schools haven't been implemented https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210819-ministry-delays-mean-plans-for-overcrowded-jordanian-schools-havent-been-implemented/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:53:37 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=489734 Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, 15-year-old Nuha had to transfer to the Muketefa High School four kilometres away from her home in Um Al-Quttain, in the Mafraq Governorate, because of overcrowding in her school. According to her father, Nuha found it difficult to focus during classes at her school in Um Al-Quttain, as her classroom had 35 students and was seriously overcrowded. The benefits of face-to-face teaching were much reduced as a result. Nuha's family felt that they had no choice but to pay the daily transportation cost of five Jordanian Dinars (US$7) to and from Muketefa High School, there being no cheaper public transport system in their area. Several months later, on 5 March last year, before […]]]> 489734 Egypt's prisoners are denied their rights and prison authorities appear to be above the law https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210811-egypts-prisoners-are-denied-their-rights-and-prison-authorities-appear-to-be-above-the-law/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:35:05 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=487770 Inmates are seen inside an Egyptian prison on 19 November 2019 [MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Images]On 9 March last year, the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior banned prison visits under the pretext of curbing the spread of Covid-19. Three months into the ban, 69-year-old Amira Tawfiq could no longer stand being unable to communicate with her son in jail. She travelled from Alexandria where she lives, to Tora Prison (known as "Scorpion Prison") in Cairo and waited for hours at the prison gate, but was not allowed to see her son. She lost consciousness while on her way back home, and died without hearing from him by letter or phone. Egyptian authorities prohibit family contact from the moment a person is arrested. On 23 December 2018, Ahmed Abdel Nabi, 60, called his grandchildren from inside […]]]> 487770 How to bring justice for Palestinians https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210811-how-to-bring-justice-for-palestinians/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:54:44 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=487745 Cover How to bring justice for PalestiniansThe current conflict in the ancient land of Palestine, with Jerusalem as the revered crown jewel of the three Abrahamic faiths, goes back to the dark years of World War 1 when Britain and France, two colonial powers of Europe, sowed the seeds of injustice in Palestine and the wider Arabian Peninsula. Since then, and with the unconditional moral and material support for Israel from America, the Palestinians have been subjected to incomparable dispossession and ethnic cleansing in their own lands. But there are signs that the winds of change are blowing in the land and across the world in support of a just solution to this conflict. This paper explores the current state of affairs and potentially effective ways […]]]> 487745 Ten years of lobbying: The Qatari lobby's operations before and after the blockade https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210411-ten-years-of-lobbying-the-qatari-lobbys-operations-before-and-after-the-blockade/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 13:56:39 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=465521 A view of the skyscrapers in Doha, Qatar [Sean Gallup/Getty Images]This report is part of the "Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Washington" project published by Sasapost. It covers the Middle East lobbies in the US between 2010 and 2020. Most of the report is based on documents from the US Department of Justice database, operating under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This legislation requires lobbyists to disclose their activities and funds, ensuring that all documents are publicly accessible online. Thanks to its supportive foreign policy during the Arab Spring, Qatar earned itself many allies and rivals. Among its main opponents is its southern neighbour, Saudi Arabia, and its other neighbour, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Both countries supported counter-revolutions and sought to suppress and stifle any movement or democratic transition upholding freedoms […]]]> 465521 A revolution, a change of regime and 4 rulers https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210403-a-revolution-a-change-of-regime-and-4-rulers-egypts-journey-through-washingtons-lobbies-during-the-decade-of-the-arab-spring/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:40:19 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=464423 An Egyptian man kisses a picture of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a pro-Sisi protest in Tahrir Square on July 7, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. [Carsten Koall/Getty Images]This report is part of the "Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Washington" Project published by Sasapost; it covers the activities of Middle East lobbies in the United States between 2010-2020. Most of the information in the report is based on documents from a database belonging to the US Department of Justice, operating under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This legislation requires lobbyists to disclose their activities and funds; all documents are accessible for browsing on the Internet. The files on the Egyptian lobbies are extremely important. Over the last decade, Egypt has undergone radical changes in the domestic political scene and in regional alliances. This report seeks to answer the question: what happened in the Washington lobbies in the early years of the […]]]> 464423 The Emirati lobby: The biggest spender and the largest Arab one https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210326-the-emirati-lobby-the-biggest-spender-and-the-largest-arab-one/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:15:06 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=463498 US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates (L) meets with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan at the Mina Palace in the Emirati capital during an official visit to the United Arab Emirates on December 9, 2010 [WIN MCNAMEE/AFP via Getty Images]Read part one of this report here. This report is part of the "Hajj (Pilgrimage) to Washington" Project published by Sasapost; it covers the activities of Middle East lobbies in the United States between 2010-2020. Most of the information in the report is based on documents from a database belonging to the US Department of Justice, operating under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This legislation requires lobbyists to disclose their activities and funds; all documents are accessible for browsing on the Internet. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has risen to fame in the Middle East. It has relentlessly stood against Arab revolutions and the Arab Spring of 2011, placing it at the forefront of Arab kingdoms and states. The UAE […]]]> 463498 Covid-19 emergency laws are suffocating the Palestinians https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210314-covid-19-emergency-laws-are-suffocating-the-palestinians/ Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:41:43 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=461121 MEMO Special Report: Covid-19 emergency laws are suffocating the PalestiniansFor Abdul Nasir Saeed, bullets replaced the traditional cannon announcing the time to break the fast (Iftar) on 17 Ramadan last year. Now, whenever he sees Palestinian Security Forces he is haunted by the image of himself prostrate on the ground with blood flowing from his head. On the morning of 10 May, 2020, Abdul Nasir went to his dairy farm in Jamaeen, a town to the south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. He passed through two security checkpoints: the first was set up by the Palestinian Authority when the state of emergency was declared to restrict the movement of citizens and limit the spread of Covid-19; the second was Israel's Huwwara checkpoint, about 100 metres further ahead. […]]]> 461121 For too many Egyptians, the cup of clean drinking water is always half empty https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210218-for-too-many-egyptians-the-cup-of-clean-drinking-water-is-always-half-empty/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 13:04:42 +0000 , Middle East Monitor , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=456922 Egyptian mother cups her hands under a running tap in her yard to let her her daughter 6 drink, in the village of al-Jendaya, in the Bani Mazar province, in the Minya governorate some 200km south of Cairo on 5 April 2016. [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images]I suffer a lot in my efforts to obtain water. We bear the costs in full because if we didn't, we would never get water. I can no longer bear this. If you go into people's homes here, you would wonder how anyone lives in these places. The families of Najah Ihsan and Abu Al-Ola are representative of around 1.2 million Egyptians who have no supply of drinking water. They struggle to get even a single cup of fresh water, which is very scarce. This is down to the scandalous waste in Egypt's water supply system. Using open source data, we can see how the mismanagement of drinking water in Egypt has led to a decline in the share of […]]]> 456922 Beyond Borders: International map of Cuban medical cooperation https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200917-beyond-borders-international-map-of-cuban-medical-cooperation/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:12:17 +0000 Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=423097 "The sun has spots. The ungrateful speak only of the spots. The grateful speak of light" José Martí. Before the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, on 1 January 1959, there were 6,250 doctors on the island; about half of them left the country after that date. In addition, more than 63.2% of those were located in Havana, where public hospitals, clinics and private health centres were accessible only to those who had the resources to access them and could pay for these services. Medical assistance hardly arrived in the countryside and more isolated parts. Public health from the first years of the Revolution became a priority for the Cuban State, who – from the beginning – understood it as a […]]]> 423097 2025: A forecast of terrorism in Africa https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200323-2025-a-forecast-of-terrorism-in-africa/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:09:30 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=392859 In the last two decades, international relations have been altered by the impact of terrorism, a phenomenon which has captured the attention of politicians and scholars across the world. The regions of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), have been implicated. Terrorism has been politically manipulated by different actors – Western and regional powers like the United States of America (USA) or European countries – in order to promote their own interests and agendas, especially in the Middle East. The study of terrorism requires not only an in-depth analysis of the historical reasons that led to its formation, development and sustainability through the exacerbation and exploitation of fundamentalism but also an analysis of the […]]]> 392859 The Middle East's influence on the reconfiguration of Eurasia https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200306-the-middle-easts-influence-on-the-reconfiguration-of-eurasia/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:24:52 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=390595 A little over 2,000 years ago the so-called Silk Road established a magnificent bridge through the motley roads that descended from the mountains, crossed the steppes and the oasis that extended from Chang'an in China, crossingAntioch in Syria and Constantinople, to reach the gates of Europe and from there to the fifteenth-century Hispanic kingdoms. Caravans of merchants, soldiers and sages migrated from the east to the west and vice versa, populating the steppes and cities. The history of the Central Asian region has been intimately linked to the symbiosis between two fundamental questions: On the one hand, this legendary route, an exchange between very different worlds. On the other hand, all types of activity have been conditioned by a very […]]]> 390595 The Palestinian Question in Europe Conference Summary Report https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191129-the-palestinian-question-in-europe-conference-summary-report/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:52:04 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=374260 Dr Dimitris Bouris at 'The Palestine Question in Europe' Conference, hosted by EurpPal Fourum and Middle East Monitor on 23 November 2019 [Middle East Monitor]Introduction On 23 November 2019, EuroPal Forum and Middle East Monitor co-hosted a conference at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury in London on the relations between Europe and Palestine. A first of its kind, the conference brought together individuals at the forefront of discourse on Palestine in order to discuss themes addressing the Palestinian cause and Europe. The rationale behind holding a conference of this nature stemmed from the idea that those working for Palestine in Europe have increasingly lacked mechanisms of control or assessment in a methodical and administrative manner. To bridge this gap, the conference was designed to provide an academic forum through which to assess the work being done to challenge Israel's policies as well as to survey […]]]> 374260 In Egypt the British trade millions of dollars for human rights https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180323-in-egypt-the-british-trade-millions-of-dollars-for-human-rights/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:30:52 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=282525 In 2011 residents of the fishing town of Idku close to Egypt's northern city of Alexandria gathered to oppose British Petroleum's (BP) plans to pump gas onshore where they would process it for onwards shipment. There were many parts of the project which angered activists including the proposition that the gas plant would be built on Idku's sandy strip of beach. Local farmers and fishermen already had to contend with sewage canals, industrial wave breakers which limited their access to fishing areas, and an existing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export plant. Now BP's facility would further endanger their livelihood and likely kill both the fish and the agriculture they were heavily dependent on. Popular assemblies formed on the streets and […]]]> 282525 Administrative Detention: A Legal & Lethal Tool of Israeli Repression https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171122-administrative-detention-a-legal-lethal-tool-of-israeli-repression/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:30:56 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=266254 A largely neglected instrument of legal Israeli repression used against the Palestinian people is that of administrative detention. Thousands of men, as well as women and children, are held indefinitely and under horrendous conditions in detention centres dotted across the Occupied Territories without charge, access to a fair trial or even having been accused of committing a crime. This renders administrative detainees exceptions to the rules that would govern convicts, placing them outside the normal legal system and procedures and beyond the remit of the Red Cross. This not only means that the order cannot be challenged, but it also means that detainees are not provided with adequate living conditions, medical care, food, clothing or access to their families. The […]]]> 266254 The million-dollar boat ride across the Mediterranean https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171113-the-million-dollar-boat-ride-across-the-mediterranean/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:52:15 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=265058 At 3am, two weeks after he spoke out in a meeting against members of the ruling Popular Front for Democracy Party, security forces entered Mohamed's house, beat him up in front of his mother and his wife and accused him of trafficking people out of Eritrea. Mohamed was taken to a prison in Hashfayrat, located in a closed military zone roughly 30 kilometres from the city of Keren, where he stayed for around a year. He had problems with his eyes, was denied medical treatment, and wasn't given adequate food to eat. Eventually he bribed a military officer to liaise between himself and a smuggler to help him escape. The officer bought clothes and dates and distributed it between Mohamed […]]]> 265058 UAE and the Muslim Brotherhood: A Story of Rivalry and Hatred https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170615-uae-and-the-muslim-brotherhood-a-story-of-rivalry-and-hatred/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:32:33 +0000 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=239718 President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (L) meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) on 1 December 2016 [Egyptian Presidency / Anadolu Agency]For more than two decades, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been at the forefront of the fight against all forms of what is usually referred to as political Islam in the Gulf and beyond. The Muslim Brotherhood, which is the most obvious manifestation of Islamic activism, has been its primary target. However, the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling families of the seven Emirates, including the most powerful of the families, the al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, was relatively amicable during its beginnings more than 40 years ago. Like other Gulf states during the 1950s and 1960s, the UAE imported large numbers of professionals from other parts of the Arab world, notably Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Palestine. The […]]]> 239718 Military Court Watch - 4 years on less than 3% of recommendations have been implemented https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160630-military-court-watch/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:12:09 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=183980 183980 The Executive Summary of The Palestinian Strategic Report 2014-2015 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160518-the-executive-summary-of-the-palestinian-strategic-report-2014-2015/ Wed, 18 May 2016 16:46:31 +0000 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/?p=181039 181039 Islamic Movement institutions banned by Israel https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160119-islamic-movement-institutions-banned-by-israel/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:31:52 +0000 , Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/4-document/islamic-movement-institutions-banned-by-israel/ 22634 The graveyard: An inside look into Scorpion Prison https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20151220-the-graveyard-an-inside-look-into-alaqrab-prison/ Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:49:29 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