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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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Microsoft Should Not Fund Israeli Spying on Palestinians
Thursday, 7 November 2019, 10:13 am | Ramzy Baroud
The act of Palestinian activists covering their faces during anti-Israeli occupation rallies is an old practice that spans decades. The masking of the face, often by Kufyias - traditional Palestinian scarves that grew to symbolize Palestinian resistance ... More >>
Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian Christians
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 10:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestine’s Christian population is dwindling at an alarming rate. The world’s most ancient Christian community is moving elsewhere. And the reason for this is Israel. More >>
McCollum & Palestinian Children
Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 12:03 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in an illegal Jewish settlement in the West Bank. More >>
The Real Reason Behind Abbas’ Call for Elections
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 9:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
The call by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for elections in the Occupied Territories is a political ploy. There will be no true, democratic elections under Abbas’ leadership. The real question is: why did he make the call in the first ... More >>
Administrative Torture: Free Heba al-Labadi
Thursday, 10 October 2019, 8:42 am | Ramzy Baroud
On August 20, Heba Ahmed al-Labadi fell into the dark hole of the Israeli legal system, joining 413 Palestinian prisoners who are currently held in so-called administrative detention. On September 26, Heba and seven other prisoners declared a hunger strike ... More >>
The Africa-Palestine Conference: Why SA Must Lead The Way
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 9:19 am | Ramzy Baroud
On September 16, I visited South Africa, a country where many Palestinians have always felt welcomed, if not overwhelmed by the degree of genuine and meaningful solidarity. While having the honor to address many audiences in six, major cities, I have also ... More >>
Netanyahu on Steroids
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:50 am | Ramzy Baroud
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception. More >>
Apartheid Made Official: Deal of the Century is a Ploy
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 9:41 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little or no resistance. On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan ... More >>
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 >>
