Oscar Rickett

London

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist slash other. Mostly for Middle East Eye.

Articles

Jeremy Corbyn: UK must decide if it will 'block efforts to expose truth' over Israel support

3 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett |John Rees

Jeremy Corbyn has told Middle East Eye that the British government must decide whether it will support an inquiry into UK involvement in Israel’s war on Gaza, or “block our efforts to expose the truth”. On Wednesday, the former Labour leader presented in parliament his bill for an independent, Chilcot-style public inquiry into Britain’s support for Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Netanyahu 'unsettled' by Macron's push to recognise Palestinian statehood

6 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett

A prominent Israeli diplomat has told Middle East Eye that French President Emmanuel Macron’s push to recognise Palestinian statehood “is serious and has the backing of most of the European Union and Saudi Arabia”. Alon Pinkas, who was an adviser to four Israeli foreign ministers and served as the country’s consul general in New York, said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is unsettled because he knows Donald Trump’s support is brittle and tentative”.
Daniella Weiss, Israel’s ‘settler godmother’, has a hotline to Netanyahu - and plans for Gaza

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett |Joseph A. Massad

23 May 2025 14:52 BST ago As far back as she can remember, Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss was a Zionist. “Zionism was the crown of our family talk, our family atmosphere,” the 79-year-old tells Middle East Eye over the phone from her home in Kedumim, a settlement in the northern occupied West Bank. “God gave me pride that I’m Jewish. Love of our homeland. Love of the Bible.
Sudan's shadow war: Drone strikes reveal escalating tensions between UAE and Turkey

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Ragip Soylu |Oscar Rickett

Recent drone strikes in Sudan have revealed an escalating rivalry between the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, which are backing opposing sides in a war that has been raging since April 2023. Officials in Sudan’s army-backed government have been watching the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) flying military cargo planes in and out of Nyala airport in South Darfur for months.
BBC accused of 'political censorship' over failure to release Gaza medics documentary

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett

The BBC has been accused of "political censorship" as it faces increasing pressure to broadcast a film it commissioned about Palestinian doctors working in Gaza. Over 600 prominent figures from the arts and media, including British film director Mike Leigh, Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon and Lindsey Hilsum, the international editor of Channel 4 News, have signed an open letter calling on the corporation to release Gaza: Medics Under Fire, which has been ready for broadcast since February.
Pakistan shoots down Israeli-made drones launched by India

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett

Pakistan shot down Israeli-made drones launched by India into its airspace on Thursday, following a series of Indian strikes across the country on Wednesday. Pakistan’s military said it had shot down 25 Israeli Harop drones on Thursday, including in Karachi and Lahore. An Indian government source confirmed that at least one Israeli drone had been downed by Pakistan. Both sides view the military claims made by the other as propaganda.
Sudan cuts ties with UAE as Port Sudan reels from drone strikes

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Mohammed Amin |Oscar Rickett

Smoke hangs in the air above Port Sudan as Sudanese authorities struggle to contain fires caused by a series of drone attacks that have ravaged the city for three days. Port Sudan is currently Sudan’s de facto capital and the home of its government, which blames the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its “regional sponsor”, the United Arab Emirates, for drone strikes that began early on Sunday morning.
'Stop Booking Apartheid' targets Booking.com's Israeli settlement profits

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett |Peter Oborne

A coalition of workers and activists has launched a campaign targeting online travel agency Booking.com, which they accuse of profiting from Israeli war crimes. The “Stop Booking Apartheid” campaign, led by Palestinian and left-wing organisations including Progressive International and BDS Netherlands, is targeting Booking.com’s 55 listings in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
ICJ urged not to throw Sudan's UAE genocide case out on a 'technicality'

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Oscar Rickett

A group of prominent international judges and legal experts have urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) not to throw out Sudan’s genocide case against the United Arab Emirates on a “technicality”. The ICJ will deliver its emergency order in the case on 5 April, with the verdict expected to turn on the question of the UAE’s reservation to an article of the Genocide Convention.
Glasshouse Communism

2 months ago | znetwork.org | Oscar Rickett

In leafy Chingford, a workers’ co-operative has combined socialist principles with organic horticulture to create a long-lasting hub for community activism and productive labour. Close to Chingford Station in the suburbs of east London and along a path leading into Epping Forest, large iron gates stand at the entrance to Hawkwood Plant Nursery. Rows of fruit and vegetables are planted all around.