Outlet profile

Middle East Monitor

UK pro-Palestinian, Muslim Brotherhood-aligned

Owned byNot-for-profit organisation based in London; directed by Daud Abdullah, also director of the British Muslim Initiative. Senior editor Ibrahim Hewitt chairs the charity Interpal. No publicly disclosed corporate parent.

FundingDescribed by multiple sources as financed in significant part by the State of Qatar; also accepts donations. Registered as a non-profit in the United Kingdom.

On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

MEMO was founded on 1 July 2009 in London, positioning itself as a press-monitoring and advocacy organisation focused primarily on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its director, Daud Abdullah, is a former Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain and a leader of the British Muslim Initiative, an organisation critics have linked to the global Muslim Brotherhood network. Senior editor Ibrahim Hewitt chairs Interpal, a UK charity designated a terrorist organisation by the United States for alleged Hamas ties, though it remains legal in the UK. Multiple analysts and reporters, including journalists from the BBC and The Sunday Telegraph, have characterised MEMO as a pro-Hamas and pro-Muslim Brotherhood publication; MEMO rejects those labels. Media Bias/Fact Check rates the outlet as left-leaning with mixed factual reporting, noting its use of loaded language and sourcing from outlets of varying reliability. The outlet has been described by critics as an anti-Israel lobbying group that amplifies conspiracy theories, though no verified fact-check failures have been formally documented. In its coverage of Trump's second term (2025–2026), MEMO has critically examined U.S.-Israel tensions, questioned the 'America First' framing of Middle East policy, and used pointed language toward Trump's regional role, reflecting its consistent pro-Palestinian editorial line.

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Profile compiled 2026-07-07; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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