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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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From Korea To Libya: On The Future Of Ukraine And NATO’s Neverending Wars
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 6:11 am | Ramzy Baroud
Much has been said and written about media bias and double standards in the West’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war, when compared with other wars and military conflicts across the world, especially in the Middle East and the Global South. Less obvious ... More >>
Gaza’s Forthcoming Crisis Might Be Worse Than Anything We Have Ever Seen
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12:59 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“The water is back,” one family member would announce in a mix of excitement and panic, often very late at night. The moment such an announcement was made, my whole family would start running in all directions to fill every tank, container ... More >>
Time Is Ticking: Israel’s Balancing Act In Ukraine Is Likely To Backfire
Monday, 28 March 2022, 6:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s balancing act in the Russia-Ukraine war is likely to falter soon, simply because the resulting NATO-Russia conflict is expected to last for years, not weeks or months. Eventually, Israel would have to make a choice. Alas, whatever that choice ... More >>
The Billion Dollar Deal That Made Google And Amazon Partners In The Israeli Occupation Of Palestine
Friday, 25 March 2022, 7:16 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“We are anonymous because we fear retaliation.” This sentence was part of a letter signed by 500 Google employees last October, in which they decried their company’s direct support for the Israeli government and military. In their letter, the signatories ... More >>
New Great Game: Can Venezuela Negotiate An End To US Deadly Sanctions?
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 7:12 am | Ramzy Baroud
How the tables have turned. A high-level US delegation visited Venezuela on March 5 , hoping to repair economic ties with Caracas. Venezuela, one of the world’s poorest countries partly due to US-Western sanctions is, for once, in the driving ... More >>
Weathering The Global Storm: Why Neutrality Is Not An Option For Palestinians
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 12:21 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A new global geopolitical game is in formation, and the Middle East, as is often the case, will be directly impacted by it in terms of possible new alliances and resulting power paradigms. While it is too early to fully appreciate the impact of ... More >>
Politics And Sports Do Mix: On FIFA’s Hypocrisy In Palestine And The Need To Isolate Apartheid Israel
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 1:01 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s war on Palestinian sports is as old as the Israeli state itself. For Palestinians, sports is a critical aspect of their popular culture, and since Palestinian culture itself is a target for the ongoing Israeli attack on Palestinian life in ... More >>
As ‘La Françafrique’ Comes To An End, Russia Is Ready To Replace France In West Africa
Sunday, 6 March 2022, 6:42 am | Ramzy Baroud
Finally, France will be leaving Mali, nearly a decade after the original military intervention in 2013. The repercussions of this decision will hardly be confined to this West African nation, but will likely spread to the entirety of the Sahel ... More >>
On Palestine’s Everyday Victories: Why Israel Is No Longer The Exception
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 1:44 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Can Israel be pressured? Or is Tel Aviv the only exception to the global political order in which every country, big or small, is subjected to pressures and subsequent change in attitude and behavior? Several events, in recent days, bring the question ... More >>
The Next Step In Palestine’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle Is The Most Difficult
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 3:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When Nelson Mandela was freed from his Robben Island prison on February 11, 1991, my family, friends and neighbors followed the event with keen interest as they gathered in the living room of my old home in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip. ... More >>
Biden’s Real Challenge Is Not Russia Or China, But Poverty In America
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 6:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
Mainstream US media continues to celebrate the supposed strength of the US economy. Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth, positive trends and constant gains. The reality on the ground, however, tells of something entirely ... More >>
Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine By Granting Israel Observer Status
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 1:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The current split in the African Union (AU) over Israel’s Observer membership status is emblematic of a larger conflict that could potentially split the African continent’s largest political institutions. Africa is currently facing one of its ... More >>
Cuba, Venezuela And Nicaragua: The US-Russia Conflict Enters A New Phase
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
As soon as Moscow received an American response to its security demands in Ukraine, it answered indirectly by announcing greater military integration between it and three South American countries, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba. Washington's response, ... More >>
From Tantura To Naqab: Israel’s Long Hidden Truths Are Finally Revealed
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 2:12 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A succession of events in recent weeks all point to the inescapable fact that nearly 75 years of Israel’s painstaking efforts aimed at hiding the truth about its origins and its current racially-driven apartheid regime are failing miserably. The world ... More >>
Instead Of Freeing Palestinian Prisoners, New Scheme Aims At Punishing Their Families
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 1:11 pm | Ramzy Baroud
A scheme is underway to withhold or to reduce payments made by the Palestinian Authority to the families of Palestinian prisoners. According to Israeli media, the Biden Administration has requested that the PA entirely overhauls its support system of Palestinian prisoners. ... More >>
Israel’s Hasbara In Sheikh Jarrah: On Gilad Erdan’s ‘Terrorist’ Rock And Faulty Logic
Monday, 31 January 2022, 8:58 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, is leading his country’s anti-Palestinian propaganda, this time engaging in pre-emptive hasbara in anticipation of a Palestinian response to the ongoing evictions in the East Jerusalem neighborhood ... More >>
US Doesn’t Care For China’s Muslims: Boycotting The Olympics Is About Global Competition
Friday, 28 January 2022, 1:26 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games may go down in history as the official start of the cold war between the US, a handful of its allies and China. The American strategy, however, of using boycotts to pressure ... More >>
Morality Cannot Be Divided: How Netanyahu’s Corruption Has Exposed Israel’s ‘Democracy’
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 7:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his prosecutors are reportedly finalizing the details of a plea deal that would practically water down, shelve, or drop altogether all three major corruption cases that have led to his high-profile ... More >>
How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ Plans To Control All Palestinian Content Online
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 8:01 am | Ramzy Baroud
It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill ... More >>
How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ Plans To Control All Palestinian Content Online
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 8:00 am | Ramzy Baroud
It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected a Knesset (Israeli Parliament) bill which proposed to give the government greater power to control and suppress online content. This was in 2016, and the bill ... More >>
