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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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Screams of Israa Ghrayeb Should Be Our Wake-up Call
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 9:44 am | Ramzy Baroud
The death of Israa Ghrayeb has ignited furious reactions regarding the so-called ‘honor-killings’ in Palestine and throughout the Arab world. More >>
Netanyahu’s Elections Gamble Will be Costly for Israel
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 9:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
On September 1, the Lebanese group Hezbollah, struck an Israeli military base near the border town of Avivim. The Lebanese attack came as an inevitable response to a series of Israeli strikes that targeted four different Arab countries in the matter ... More >>
Humanity Denied: What Is Missing from the Omar, Tlaib Story
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 8:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel's decision to bar two United States Democratic Representatives, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering Israel and visiting Palestine has further exposed the belligerent, racist nature of the Israeli government. But our understanding of ... More >>
Jewish Settlers Rule the Roost in Israel, But at What Price?
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 8:39 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Jewish settlers are on a rampage in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. While settler violence is part of everyday routine in Palestine, the violence of recent weeks is directly linked to the general elections in Israel, scheduled to ... More >>
Manifestos of Hate: What White Terrorists Have in Common
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 10:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Writing under the title of “If the El Paso shooter had been Muslim”, Moustafa Bayoumi stated the obvious. “If the El Paso shooter had been a Muslim,” Bayoumi wrote in the British Guardian newspaper on August 6, US President Donald Trump “would ... More >>
The War on Innocence: Palestinian Children in Israeli Court
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 8:36 am | Ramzy Baroud
On July 29, 4-year-old Muhammad Rabi’ Elayyan was reportedly summoned for interrogation by the Israeli police in occupied Jerusalem. The news, originally reported by the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), was later denied by the Israeli police, likely to ... More >>
The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellecual'
Monday, 29 July 2019, 9:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. More >>
Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Thursday, 25 July 2019, 10:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq’s photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is ... More >>
Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: An Inconvenient History
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 8:41 am | Ramzy Baroud
History never truly retires. Every event of the past, however inconsequential, reverberates throughout and, to an extent, shapes our present, and our future as well The haunting image of the bodies of Salvadoran father, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his ... More >>
National Liberation vs Endless Negotiations
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 10:23 am | Ramzy Baroud
Those who are still hoping that the new American agenda on Palestine and Israel is temporary, or reversible, should abandon this false hope. Washington’s complete adoption of Israel’s messianic, extremist policies regarding Occupied Palestine ... More >>
Africa & Palestine's Noble Legacy Must Never Be Betrayed
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:10 am | Ramzy Baroud
Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881, but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with this rich continent. This reality was further validated ... More >>
Palestine and Kenya: Our Fights Are One and the Same
Friday, 28 June 2019, 8:13 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian author and journalist, Dr. Ramzy Baroud arrived to Kenya for a 10-day speaking and media tour starting June 23. Exploring the subject of intersectionality, solidarity and popular resistance, Baroud is set to speak at various universities ... More >>
The Day After: What if Israel Annexes the West Bank?
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 4:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington. But Israel and its American allies should be careful what they wish for. Annexing the Occupied Palestinian Territories will only reinforce the current ... More >>
Palestinians Keep Their Right of Return Alive Through Hope
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 8:47 am | Ramzy Baroud
‘World Refugee Day’: Palestinians Keep Their Right of Return Alive Through Hope, Resistance More >>
Kushner as a Colonial Administrator
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 8:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Kushner as a Colonial Administrator: Let’s Talk About the ‘Israeli Model’ More >>
Facing the Facts: Israel Cannot Escape ICC Jurisdiction
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 9:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army, Sharon Afek, and the US Department of Defense General Counsel, Paul Ney, shared a platform at the ‘International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict’, which took place in Herzliya, Israel ... More >>
Best Response to ‘Deal of the Century'
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 9:08 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian groups, Fatah, Hamas and others should not confine themselves to simply rejecting the Trump Administration's so-called ‘Deal of the Century’. Instead, they should use their resistance to the new American-Israeli plot as an opportunity ... More >>
The Two Narratives of Palestine
Thursday, 9 May 2019, 11:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
The International Conference on Palestine held in Istanbul between April 27-29 brought together many speakers and hundreds of academics, journalists, activists and students from Turkey and all over the world. More >>
France and the EU, Recognizing Yet Supporting Apartheid
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 10:36 am | Ramzy Baroud
A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign policy. More >>
Notre Dame of Gaza: Mosques and Churches are Also Burning
Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 9:18 am | Ramzy Baroud
As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp, my childhood home in the Gaza Strip. More >>
