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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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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 >>
Will The ICC Investigation Bring Justice For Palestine?
Saturday, 4 July 2020, 5:01 pm | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known, among other nicknames, as ... 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 >>
Portugal Leads The Way: How European Countries Fared In Their Treatment Of Refugees
Saturday, 2 May 2020, 7:30 am | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international groups, sounded the alarm that refugees and migrants are ... 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 >>
Will The Coronavirus Change The World? On Gramsci’s ‘Interregnum’ & Zizek’s Ethnocentric Philosophy
Monday, 27 April 2020, 7:31 am | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud
The prophecies are here and it is a foregone conclusion: the post-coronavirus world will look fundamentally different from anything that we have seen or experienced, at least since the end of World War II. Even before the ‘curve flattened’ in ... 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 >>
‘A Policeman, A Pastor And A Palestinian’: The ‘Chilestinians’ As A Model For Palestinian Unity
Saturday, 14 March 2020, 2:03 pm | Ramzy Baroud
I was only introduced to the term ‘Chilestinians’ last February at a conference in Istanbul, during a presentation by the Director of the Palestinian Federation of Chile, Anuar Majluf. When Majluf referred to the well-rooted Palestinian community ... More >>
