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Ceasefire exemptions and quarries of death: Israel’s war on Lebanon
In the Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defines peace as a period of cheating between...
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US ‘clearing out’ Strait of Hormuz: Trump
The US has begun operations to clear out the Strait of Hormuz, a critical...
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Pakistani Premier Sharif holds separate talks with US’ Vance, Iranian delegation ahead of Islamabad Talks
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday held separate talks with the US and...
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Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 1 April
MEMO spoke to Motasem A Dalloul, a survivor of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, in the first of a new series of regular updates from the ground. Dalloul describes the daily struggle to survive: hunger, cold, the collapse of healthcare, and ongoing Israeli violations despite the so-called ceasefire. WATCH: Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 9 March
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MEMO in Conversation with Raouf Farrah
In this conversation with Raouf Farrah, lead Africa analyst at SecDev and co-editor of Rising for Palestine, we discuss his new book and its call for renewed Africa-Palestine solidarity. We also discuss the Sumud convoy, a North African solidarity initiative organised to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza. Farrah reflects on the political obstacles the convoy faced and what they reveal about the regional response to Palestine. Raouf Farrah is the Lead Africa Analyst at the SecDev Group, a risk analytics firm working at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. In 2025, he was instrumental in organising The Sumud Convoy, an attempt to break Israel’s siege on Gaza This year, Farrah co-edited a book, Rising for Palestine. MORE >>> MEMO in […]
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The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA
On 25 June 1950, North Korea’s Korean People Army crossed the 38th parallel launching a full-scale invasion of South Korea. American President Harry S. Truman calls his advisors and military officers into an emergency meeting. What is telling about those who gathered that day was who was not invited to the critical meeting – the Central Intelligence Agency – was excluded from the proceedings. A relative newcomer to the national security world, the invasion was seen as the latest example of the CIA’s failure to anticipate a major global event. Criticism of the agency was widespread and many wondered what value they offered. The problem was while everyone understood what intelligence work involved during wartime, making sense of what intelligence […]
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Victory for Iran, Permanent Pariah for Israel | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani
In this episode, we assess where the war with Iran stands at the six-week mark, examine whether Tehran is emerging stronger from the conflict, and consider where Donald Trump’s latest deadline could lead. We also look at the murky story of the downed US pilot, Trump’s admission that Washington sent weapons to Iranian protesters, the wider regional risks for the Gulf states, the striking critique of American power by the doyen of neoconservatism Robert Kagan, and what Israel’s moves in Lebanon could mean for the next phase of the war. WATCH: How Hormuz could become the US and Israel’s Suez | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani
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