Peter Oborne

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Imran Mulla |Peter Oborne

On Tuesday, staff at the British Museum were reportedly told there would be a "large corporate event" that evening. They said they were asked to leave work early. That evening, British ministers and prominent politicians were seen arriving at the country's largest museum. So was Jimmy Carr, one of Britain's most prominent television personalities. The event, which had not been advertised, was no corporate affair.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Peter Oborne

It’s been almost a year since British Prime Minister Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to one of the largest landslide victories in modern history. The reason for the triumph is easy to comprehend. Britain had endured 14 years of degradation and despair under a series of incompetent and corrupt Conservative governments. The British people hoped that Starmer’s Labour would restore decency, honesty, administrative capability and national pride. This has not happened.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Joseph Fahim |Peter Oborne

This article was initially set out to focus on The Encampments, Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman’s impassioned documentary that chronicles the Columbia University student movement that shook the US and captured imaginations the world over. But then it came to my attention that a sparring film has been released around in the same timeframe, offering a staunchly pro-Israeli counter-narrative that vehemently attempts to discredit the account offered by The Encampment.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Fayha Shalash |Peter Oborne

Ayed Ghafri no longer allows his children to play in the yard. The Palestinian resident of Sinjil in the occupied West Bank is haunted by the recent uptick in settler violence against Palestinians. Surrounded by five Israeli settlements from east to west, the town north of Ramallah is often a target of settler violence, including arson attacks and the throwing of stones.

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.