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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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Israel Step Closer to Making Jerusalem Jewish-Only City
Friday, 5 January 2018, 10:39 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel Step Closer to Making Jerusalem Jewish-Only City By Ramzy Baroud The Israeli government is planning a series of measures aimed at fully denying Palestinians their legal rights in Jerusalem and precluding any future peace settlement based on sharing ... More >>
Year in Review Will 2018 Usher in a New Palestinian Strategy
Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 3:31 pm | Ramzy Baroud
2017 will be remembered as the year that the so-called ‘peace process’, at least in its American formulation, has ended. And with its demise, a political framework that has served as the foundation for US foreign policy in the Middle East has also ... More >>
Whitewashing: The Media’s Two Narratives on Terrorism
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 11:36 am | Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud Within hours after Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant, allegedly detonated a pipe bomb in New York City on December 11, severely injuring himself and wounding four others, a most comprehensive official and media narrative emerged. ... More >>
The ‘Last Martyr’: Who Killed Kamal Al-Assar?
Monday, 11 December 2017, 3:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When I learned of the death of Kamal al-Assar, a few years ago, I was baffled. He was only in his 40s. I remember him in his prime, a young rebel, leading the neighborhood youth, armed with rocks and slingshots, in a hopeless battle against the Israeli ... More >>
The Entire US-Middle East Political Framework Just Collapsed
Monday, 11 December 2017, 9:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
Now that US President Donald Trump has fully adopted the Israeli rightwing political discourse on Palestine, the Palestinian Authority is in a very tough spot. More >>
‘Say the Word’: What the Rohingya Struggle is Really About
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 9:37 am | Ramzy Baroud
‘Say the Word’: What the Rohingya Struggle is Really About By Ramzy Baroud Pope Francis lost a historical opportunity to truly set his legacy apart from previous Popes. Alas, for him, too, political expediency trumped all else. In his visit to ... More >>
Decades of US Diplomacy Has Failed to Shut Down PLO Office
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 9:57 am | Ramzy Baroud
Decades of US Diplomacy Has Failed: Why the US Wants to Shut Down PLO Office More >>
70 Years of Broken Promises: The Partition Plan
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 2:09 pm | Ramzy Baroud
70 Years of Broken Promises: The Untold Story of the Partition Plan By Ramzy Baroud More >>
The Trials of Benjamin Netanyahu
Wednesday, 15 November 2017, 2:01 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Whether the string of scandals , now hounding Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, lead to his sacking or not, it matters little. More >>
Why Israel Shelved the 'Greater Jerusalem Law'
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 9:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
The postponing of an Israeli Knesset Bill that would have annexed major illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the Jerusalem municipality is the result of behind-the-scenes US and, possibly, European pressure. But the story of the so-called ... More >>
How Israel Is Exporting Its Occupation to the US
Thursday, 2 November 2017, 10:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli footprints are becoming more apparent in the US security apparatus. Such a fact does not bode well for ordinary Americans. More >>
Hamas & Fatah Must Transform to Speak for Palestinians
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 9:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
This Is Not National Unity: Hamas and Fatah Must Transform to Speak on behalf of Palestinians More >>
The Real Reason behind Trump’s Angry Diplomacy in N Korea
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 11:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are under way in that region. China's clout as an Asian superpower and as a global economic powerhouse ... More >>
What Is Behind the Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation?
Monday, 16 October 2017, 3:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Egypt's enthusiasm to arbitrate between feuding Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, is not the outcome of a sudden awakening of conscience. Cairo has, in fact, played a destructive role in manipulating Palestinian division to its favor, while keeping ... More >>
Balfour Declaration Destroyed Palestine, Not Palestinians
Wednesday, 11 October 2017, 11:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
Some promises are made and kept; others disavowed. But the ‘promise’ made by Arthur James Balfour in what became known as the ‘Balfour Declaration’ to the leaders of the Zionist Jewish community in Britain one hundred years ago, was only ... More >>
“The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story”
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 10:19 am | Ramzy Baroud
A fierce and strenuous challenge to the traditional approach to history in which Palestinians, mostly refugees, are the true protagonists. More >>
13 Questions About the Origins, Objectives and War on BDS
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 9:26 am | Ramzy Baroud
BDS stands for ‘Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions’. The BDS Movement was the outcome of several events that shaped the Palestinian national struggle and international solidarity with the Palestinian people following the Second Uprising (Intifada) in ... More >>
In Their Own Words: When Trump & Obama Sounded the Same
Thursday, 28 September 2017, 10:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
The nature of the rhetoric in Donald Trump's first speech at the United Nations General Assembly was largely predictable. Even his bizarre threat to “totally destroy North Korea” was consistent with his overall style and previous warnings. More >>
Will Israel Become a UN Security Council Member?
Wednesday, 20 September 2017, 10:37 am | Ramzy Baroud
There is a great irony in the fact that Israel is seeking a seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). More >>
Rohingya Genocide: Big Oil, Failed Democracy, False Prophets
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 11:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
To a certain extent, Aung San Suu Kyi is a false prophet. Glorified by the west for many years, she was made a 'democracy icon' because she opposed the same forces in her country, Burma, at the time that the US-led western coalition isolated Rangoon ... More >>
