Middle East Eye

Middle East Eye (MEE) is a digital news platform that reports on happenings in the Middle East and is referenced by well-known media outlets. According to its website, MEE is an independently funded news organization that started in February 2014, with the goal of being the leading source for news related to the region. The editor of MEE is David Hearst, who previously served as the chief foreign leader writer for the British newspaper The Guardian.

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Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf resigns after row over new MP's call for burqa ban

1 day ago | middleeasteye.net | John Rees

The chair of the right-wing Reform UK Party resigned from his role on Thursday after suggesting it was "dumb" of the party's newest MP to ask the prime minister if he would ban the burqa. Zia Yusuf, a party donor and millionaire businessman, said in a statement on X that he was resigning after less than a year in the job because he did not believe working to get a Reform government elected was a "good use" of his time.
Jeremy Corbyn: UK must decide if it will 'block efforts to expose truth' over Israel support

2 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.
Starmer has handled Gaza 'badly' say four in five elected Muslim representatives

2 days ago | middleeasteye.net | John Rees

A survey has revealed that 82 percent of Britain's Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handled Israel's war on Gaza "badly", a major new survey has found. The poll of over 220 elected Muslim representatives by the Labour Muslim Network (LMN) reveals that two-thirds do not believe Muslim representatives are treated equally to others in the Labour party. Most of them - 64 percent - believe Labour operates a "hierarchy of racism".
Starmer is running out of road

2 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Avi Shlaim |John Rees

Most people in Britain think that Keir Starmer has outlived any use he might have had as Labour leader, according to YouGov’s bimonthly poll of the prime minister’s popularity. Some 40 percent think he should resign as leader, and only 37 percent think he should stay on, according to the May survey. The same thing happened in January, with only a blip in between. In another YouGov poll, Starmer is disliked by 51 percent of the population and only popular with 22 percent.
Starmer has handled Gaza 'badly' say four in five elected Labour Muslim representatives

2 days ago | middleeasteye.net | John Rees

A major survey has revealed that 82 percent of Britain's Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and mayors believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer has handled Israel's war on Gaza "badly". The poll of over 220 elected Muslim representatives by the Labour Muslim Network (LMN) reveals that two-thirds do not believe Muslim representatives are treated equally to others in the Labour party. Most of them - 64 percent - believe Labour operates a "hierarchy of racism".
Majority of British people support arms embargo on Israel

3 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Alex MacDonald

A majority of British people support a full arms embargo on Israel, according to a new poll commissioned by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. The poll, conducted by Opinium Research between 30 May and 2 June, found that 57 percent of people think the UK should impose a full arms embargo, with only 13 percent opposed. The poll also found 53 percent of people think Israel should be expelled from the United Nations, while 50 percent said Israeli products in supermarkets should be boycotted.
Exclusive: UK believes Trump may sanction Amal Clooney over ICC Palestine role

3 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Imran Mulla |Avi Shlaim |Anna Stavrianakis

The British government believes the US could sanction prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney over her role advising the ICC chief prosecutor on arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, Middle East Eye can reveal. In April it emerged that the British Foreign Office had warned senior British lawyers involved in the ICC’s war crimes case against two senior Israeli leaders that they are at risk of US sanctions.
Tiran and Sanafir: Red Sea islands are now a chokehold over Egypt's security

3 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Marco Carnelos |Peter Oborne |Taqadum al-Khatib

The Egyptian news website Mada Masr recently reported that Saudi Arabia was pushing to establish a US military base on the islands of Tiran and Sanafir, reigniting one of the most dangerous files in Egypt’s abandonment of its sovereignty. While the Egyptian regime issued unofficial denials via its media mouthpieces, the government has not formally responded.
The quiet migration: Why Muslims are leaving India in staggering numbers

3 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Hanan Zaffar |Azad Essa

When *Taufeeq Ahmed boarded a flight from New Delhi to Canada in early 2020, he wasn’t chasing a promotion, a degree or the promise of a better paycheque. Instead, he was trying to leave something behind - a heavy sense of unease that had been quietly building for years, and a fear that had finally become impossible to ignore. “I lived close to Jamia Millia Islamia,” he said, referring to the prominent university in New Delhi where he used to study.
YouTube and Spotify accused of 'censorship' after blocking left-wing folk group in Turkey

4 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Alex MacDonald

YouTube and Spotify have been accusedof "censorship" after the Turkish government blocked videos and songs by the left-wing folk band Grup Yorum. According to Turkish freedom of expression organisation IFOD, Turkish authorities blocked access to more than 450 videos by Grup Yorum on YouTube last week in the name of "protecting national security and public order". They said the 454 clips, shared since 2006 by dozens of YouTube accounts, had totalled more than 205 million views.