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Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle.
He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is ‘Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak Out'. His other books include ‘My Father was a Freedom Fighter' and ‘The Last Earth'. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA).
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Sovereignty, Palestine, And Power Vacuum: The Urgent Need For A United Arab Initiative
Friday, 22 May 2026, 7:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
Arab political outlooks must leverage these issues in all future integrations with global players, including China, to ensure that the century-long cycle of violence wrought by Western colonialism is over for good. More >>
The Assault On A French Nun And The Forgotten Story Of Palestinian Christians
Friday, 15 May 2026, 9:18 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Palestinian homeland is only whole when it is the cradle of religious coexistence, and Palestinian Christians sit at the very heart of that history, dating back two millennia. More >>
Subjects Of Empire: Breaking The Cycle Of Arab Dependency On US Elections
Friday, 8 May 2026, 7:28 am | Ramzy Baroud
The enduring truth is that the US is a nation structurally tilted toward political control and economic domination. Neither this November nor any other will change that reality until the geopolitical realities in the Middle East change. More >>
The Pendulum Swings: The Slow Death Of Europe’s Pro-Israel Consensus
Friday, 1 May 2026, 7:26 am | Ramzy Baroud
Europe now knows that a genocide has been committed. This paradigm shift is unlikely to be reversed, regardless of whether Luxembourg’s bureaucrats manage to delay the inevitable. More >>
Israel’s War Obsession And The Urgency Of Palestinian Leverage
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 7:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Future Israeli leaders will continue to wage war on Palestine, not despite its costs, but because of its perceived benefits: it is financially subsidized, colonially advantageous, and politically sustainable within Israel’s current structure. More >>
The Cowardice Of Qualification: When Anti-War Voices Speak The Language Of Empire
Monday, 20 April 2026, 7:26 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel has long operated within this same framework. Its wars have consistently been presented as existential and necessary for the survival of democracy and civilization itself. More >>
The Collapse Is Real – Lebanon Ceasefire Marks A Historic Strategic Defeat
Friday, 17 April 2026, 7:40 am | Ramzy Baroud
Lebanon was meant to be the exception—a theater where Israel could isolate and defeat Hezbollah. Instead, it became further evidence of strategic failure. Efforts to separate the fronts—Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran—have collapsed. More >>
Hope In The Data: Can Palestine Explain America’s Moral Shift?
Friday, 17 April 2026, 7:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
For the first time in generations, a reason for cautious—yet unmistakable—optimism: that ordinary Americans are no longer passive recipients of power, but active participants in shaping a more morally conscious political reality. More >>
The Lebanon Conspiracy: Massacres, Negotiations, And A New Order
Friday, 10 April 2026, 9:25 am | Ramzy Baroud
The massacres create pressure. The negotiations create an alternative political pathway—one that excludes Iran and reframes the conflict around disarmament and normalization. More >>
After Iran: Is This The Unraveling Of The US-Israeli Order?
Friday, 10 April 2026, 7:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
If Trump’s decision to pursue a settlement holds, and especially if it matures into a permanent agreement between Washington and Tehran, then his long-constructed vision of a “new Middle East” does not simply stall—it collapses. More >>
The Gallows Law: Israel Moves Toward Executing Palestinian Children
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 10:51 am | Ramzy Baroud
Under Israel’s military court system, Palestinian children as young as 12 are prosecuted. In practice, they are often treated as adults within a system that offers few safeguards and operates with an extremely high conviction rate. More >>
Seven Messages – Can Israel Survive Defeat Without Setting The Region Ablaze?
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 7:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
Will Israel’s massacres be enough for Iran to declare that the US-Israeli camp has violated the ceasefire?Or will negotiations proceed, despite the bloodshed in Lebanon? The answer will shape the next phase of the war. More >>
‘Torture And Degrading Treatment’ — The Case Of Dr. Abu Safiya And Gaza’s Broken Medical System
Saturday, 4 April 2026, 7:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
“Israel must release Dr. Abu Safiya and all healthcare workers,” said UN experts. Israel should also release all Palestinian prisoners, lift the siege, and end the genocide in its entirety. More >>
‘Macron – Whose Wife Treats Him Extremely Badly’: Trump’s Iran War Unraveling
Friday, 3 April 2026, 8:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Trump is not managing a war; he is managing its failure. What cannot be won on the battlefield is now being displaced onto allies, rewritten in real time, and stripped of any remaining coherence. More >>
Trapped By His Own Image: Trump’s Iran War And The Politics Of Ego
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 8:28 am | Ramzy Baroud
The US-Israeli war on Iran is therefore not only a moral and legal crisis. It is also a geopolitical catastrophe shaped, in no small part, by the psychology of a leader unwilling to confront the consequences of his own disastrous decisions. More >>
Will The US-Israeli War On Iran Open The Road To Palestinian Freedom?
Monday, 30 March 2026, 8:27 am | Ramzy Baroud
Between narrowly internal explanations and an increasingly hollow mainstream narrative, the broader historical trajectory disappears from view. More >>
From Gaza To Minab, The Same Story — Children Paying The Price Of War
Saturday, 28 March 2026, 4:23 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Do not settle for indifference, or mere concern, or even moral outrage that is never followed by action. More >>
Yes, Iran Is Playing Chess — But Only After Rewriting The Rules Of The Game
Thursday, 26 March 2026, 8:35 am | Ramzy Baroud
Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran on February 28, 2026, political discourse—across Western, Israeli and alternative media—has repeatedly invoked the analogy of chess to describe Iran’s conduct. More >>
From Palestine To Iran: What Arab And Muslim Silence Really Reveals
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 8:27 am | Ramzy Baroud
Arab regimes are not “betraying” Palestine in the emotional sense, because Palestinian freedom, the defeat of Zionism, and the dismantling of imperial domination were never central to their governing agenda in the first place, says the author. More >>
Talks, Then Bombs: Is Washington Rehearsing The Same Trap On Iran?
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 8:35 am | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud
Iran is no longer merely reacting—it is shaping outcomes. Meanwhile, diplomatic activity has intensified. Although Tehran denies direct negotiations with Washington, there is little doubt that indirect channels are active. More >>
