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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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Coup Leaders, Aung San Suu Kyi Betrayed Democracy In Burma
Sunday, 28 February 2021, 4:46 pm | Ramzy Baroud
What is taking place in Burma right now is a military coup. There can be no other description for such an unwarranted action as the dismissal of the government by military decree and the imposition of Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of ... More >>
Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani And The Language Of Exile
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 11:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casual topic pertaining to politics and international law, either. Nor is it an ethereal notion, a sentiment, a poetic ... More >>
‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Why Democrats Are As Dangerous As Republicans To A Just Peace In Palestine
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 10:11 am | Ramzy Baroud
Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former US President Donald Trump, many analysts have rashly painted a rosy picture of how Democrats could quickly erase the bleak trajectory of the previous Republican administration. This naivety is particularly ... More >>
Europe Will Redefine Itself Despite Political Shift In The US
Sunday, 14 February 2021, 4:23 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Despite the long-awaited political change in Washington as Democratic President, Joe Biden, has officially become the 46th President of the United States, Europe is unlikely to resume its previously unhindered reliance on its trans-Atlantic partner. ... More >>
The Russian Alternative: How Moscow Is Capitalizing On US Retreat In Palestine, Israel
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 9:18 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli anxiety was palpable when it was reported that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was not contacted by the new American President, Joe Biden, for days after the latter’s inauguration. While much is being read into Biden’s decision, ... More >>
‘Freedom Is Never Voluntarily Given’: Palestinian Boycott Of Israel Is Not Racist, It Is Anti-Racist
Monday, 8 February 2021, 4:11 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate , Andrew Yang, in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly, ‘The Forward’, point to the prevailing ignorance that continues to dominate the US discourse on Palestine and Israel. Yang, a former ... More >>
Our Mutual Fight: The Case Against Pakistani Normalization With Israel
Friday, 5 February 2021, 11:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Pakistani government should never, under any circumstances and no matter the pressure, normalize with Israel. Doing so is not only dangerous - as it will embolden an already vile, racist, violent apartheid Israel - but it would also be considered ... More >>
B’Tselem’s Historic Declaration: Israel’s Open War On Its Own Civil Society
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 1:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid,” was the title of a January 12 report by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem. No matter how one is to interpret B’Tselem’s findings, the ... More >>
Beyond Slogans: Palestinians Need An Urgent, Centralized Strategy To Counter Israel In Africa
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:03 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Arab normalization with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas of a few Arab countries. Thanks to the Arab normalizers, the doors are now flung wide open for new political actors ... More >>
The ‘Insurrection’ And Its Discontents: ‘American Exceptionalism’ Revisited
Monday, 25 January 2021, 7:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
History is being written in the United States today. Even the most pessimistic about the prospects of American democracy have rarely ventured out this far while offering a bleak analysis of America’s future, whether in terms of political polarization ... More >>
Fearing The Palestinian Narrative: Why Israel Banned ‘Jenin Jenin’
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 10:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
On January 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israeli military, of carrying out war crimes in April 2002, ... More >>
By ‘Force And Fraud’: Is This The End Of The US Democracy Doctrine?
Monday, 18 January 2021, 2:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In an interview with the British newspaper, The Times , in 2015, former US Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, vehemently denied that exporting democracy to Iraq was the main motive behind the US invasion of that Arab country 12 years earlier. Rumsfeld ... More >>
Covid-19 Under Apartheid: How Israel Manipulates Suffering Of Palestinians
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 10:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s decision to exclude Palestinians from its COVID-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many. Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous. Amnesty International, ... More >>
‘One State Is A Game Changer’: A Conversation With Ilan Pappe And Awad Abdelfattah On The One Democratic State Campaign
Monday, 11 January 2021, 1:05 pm | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud
As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel’s political discourse on Palestine, the Israeli government of right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may feel that it, alone, is capable of determining the future of the Palestinian ... More >>
2021: Palestine’s Chance Of Fighting Back
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 12:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
2020 will go down in history as the year that terminated the American-sponsored ‘peace process’. While 2021 will not reverse the monumental change in the US attitude and objectives in Palestine, Israel and the Middle East, the new year presents ... More >>
The US Money Tree: The Untold Story Of American Aid To Israel
Thursday, 31 December 2020, 9:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
On December 21, the United States Congress passed the COVID-19 Relief Package, as part of a larger $2.3 trillion bill meant to cover spending for the rest of the fiscal year. As usual, US representatives allocated a massive sum of money for Israel. While ... More >>
The Great Divider: Covid-19 Reflects Global Racism, Not Equality
Saturday, 19 December 2020, 6:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
The notion that the COVID-19 pandemic was ‘the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies. That said, the treatment of ... More >>
When The People Rose: How The Intifada Changed The Political Discourse Around Palestine
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 6:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the First Palestinian Intifada (uprising) ... More >>
‘Long Live The (Dead) Peace Process’: Abbas Prioritizes US Ties Over Palestinian National Unity
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 9:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and ... More >>
Debunking The ‘Opium Of The People’ Maxim: Football Is About Politics And Class Struggle
Monday, 7 December 2020, 4:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Noam Chomsky is right when he says that, in the US, sports creates the necessary “fantasy world” required to shield people from understanding, organizing, and attempting to “influence the real world”. Referring to sports commentary and ... More >>
