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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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Hands Off Lebanon: Macron’s Self-Serving ‘New Pact’ Must Be Shunned
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 5:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
French President, Emmanuel Macron, is in no position to pontificate to Lebanon about the need for political and economic reforms. Just as thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut demanding “revenge” against the ruling classes, the French ... More >>
Apartheid Or One State: Has Jordan Broken A Political Taboo?
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 1:45 pm | Ramzy Baroud
What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution, which was hardly practical to begin with, to be completely abandoned? Every realistic assessment of the situation on the ground indicates, with palpable clarity, that there can never be a viable ... More >>
Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony Of The Execution Of Abdul F Al-Sharif By Israeli Soldier, E Azaria
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 3:21 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Human Rights Defenders: Palestinian Eyewitness Testimony of the Execution of Abdul Fattah al-Sharif by Israeli Soldier, Elor Azaria As illegal Jewish settlers increase their attacks on Palestinian civilians in the occupied city of Al Khalil (Hebron), ... More >>
List Of Israeli Targets Leaked: Tel Aviv Fears The Worst In ICC Investigation Of War Crimes
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 7:32 am | Ramzy Baroud
When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation in occupied Palestine, the Israeli government responded with the usual rhetoric, ... More >>
Why Palestinian-Israeli Prisoners Exchange Deal Could Happen Soon?
Thursday, 23 July 2020, 8:17 am | Ramzy Baroud
For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014, the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by ... More >>
‘Optimism Of The Will’: Palestinian Freedom Is Possible Now
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 5:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In a recent TV discussion, a respected pro-Palestine journalist declared that if any positive change or transformation ever occurs in the tragic Palestinian saga, it would not happen now, but that it would take a whole new generation to bring about ... More >>
Tearing Down The Idols Of Colonialism: Why Tunisia, Africa Must Demand French Apology
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 8:06 am | Ramzy Baroud
The visit by newly-elected Tunisian President Kais Saied to France on June 22 was intended to discuss bilateral relations, trade, etc. But it was also a missed opportunity, where Tunisia could have formally demanded an apology from France for the decades ... More >>
The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s Direct Role In US Violence
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 9:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is, once more, shedding light on US-Israeli collaboration in the ... More >>
‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’: Israel’s China Strategy In Peril
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 4:10 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s balancing act that allowed it to reap America’s unconditional and, often, blind support, while slowly benefiting from China’s growing economic influence and political prestige, is already floundering. Thanks to the heated cold war between ... More >>
Political Ambiguity Or A Doomsday Weapon: Why Abbas Abandoned Oslo
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 9:41 am | Ramzy Baroud
This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and the United States. But this time ... More >>
Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 9:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat ... More >>
Hating Arabs As A Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government Is Likely To Survive
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 8:52 am | Ramzy Baroud
Shortly after an agreement to form a “national emergency government” in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that ‘democracy’ in Israel has been ‘safeguarded’. But how is a deal that ... More >>
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day: A Special Write Up On Palestine's Organic Intellectuals
Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 9:56 am | Ramzy Baroud
(The following is an excerpt from the latest Ramzy Baroud book, These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons. The book can be purchased at Amazon or Clarity Press. https://www.amazon.com/These-Chains-Will-Broken-Palestinian/dp/1949762092 ... More >>
A Palestinian Guide To Surviving A Quarantine: On Faith, Humour And ‘Dutch Candy’
Saturday, 11 April 2020, 6:23 am | Ramzy Baroud
Call it a ‘quarantine’, a ‘shelter-in-place’, a ‘lockdown’ or a ‘curfew’, we Palestinians have experienced them all, though not at all voluntarily. Personally, the first 23 years of my life were lived in virtual ‘lockdown’. My father’s ... More >>
Solidarity In The Age Of Coronavirus: What The Arabs Must Do
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 8:57 am | Ramzy Baroud
While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs survive the deadly virus and its economic fallout. Worse, ... More >>
Tunisia Leads The Way: New Report Exposes Israel’s False Democracy
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 10:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019 . One of the world’s most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem ... More >>
BJP And Israel: Hindu Nationalism Is Ravaging India’s Democracy
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 9:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on its diversity and tolerance, and for being ‘the largest democracy in the world’ has, in recent years, exhibited ... More >>
Technology Of Death: The Not-So-Shocking Report On Israeli Weapons Exports
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 11:57 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and ... More >>
Death At The Greek Border: Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used As Political Pawns
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 10:48 am | Ramzy Baroud
In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country’s border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees into Greece and other European countries. ... More >>
‘Zionist’ Biden In His Own Words: ‘My Name Is Joe Biden, And Everybody Knows I Love Israel’
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 10:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
"I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist," current Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, said in April 2007, soon before he was chosen to be Barack Obama’s running mate in the 2008 elections. Biden is, of ... More >>
