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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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Europe’s Moral Crisis: Is The EU A Direct Partner In The Israeli Genocide In Gaza?
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 4:49 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Europe stayed silent when Israel began pounding the besieged Gaza Strip with the kind of ferocity that could only lead to a genocide. In fact, Europe remained silent when the word ‘genocide’ quickly replaced the earlier reference to the ‘Israel-Hamas ... More >>
John Pilger, a Friend of Palestine and All Oppressed Nations, Has Passed Away
Sunday, 21 January 2024, 8:06 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The first and the last time I met John Pilger in person was in 2018. I was invited to deliver a speech at the NSW Parliament in Sydney, Australia. Among the large crowd were many that I knew and respected - a former foreign minister, socially conscientious ... More >>
100 Days Of War And Resistance: Legendary Palestinian Resistance Will Be Netanyahu’s Downfall
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 2:44 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Law number one in the ‘law of holes’, is that “if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Law number two, “if you are not digging, you are still in a hole”. These adages sum up Israel’s ongoing political, military and strategic crises, ... More >>
Urinating On Prisoners: Why Humiliation Is Functional In Israel’s War On Palestinians
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 2:43 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When Zionist militias, using advanced Western arms, conquered historic Palestine in 1947-48, they expressed their victory through the deliberate humiliation of Palestinians. Much of that humiliation targeted women, in particular, knowing ... More >>
‘Let It Be A Tale’: On Refaat Alareer And The Martyrdom Of The Gaza Intellectual
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 2:50 pm | Ramzy Baroud
What is taking place in Gaza is meant for the history books: an epic tale of a small nation under a long, brutal siege for many years, facing one of the greatest military powers in the world. And yet, it refuses to be defeated. Not even the ... More >>
Dying To Be Free: Releasing Palestinian Captives Is Not A Numbers Game
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 9:16 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The whole thing may appear to be an exercise in futility, but there is a point why Palestinians are keen on releasing their prisoners, despite the heavy price they continue to pay for their freedom. It may seem rational to ask the question: what ... More >>
History Of Gaza: On Conquerors, Resurgence And Rebirth
Monday, 4 December 2023, 11:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
Those unfamiliar with Gaza and its history are likely to always associate Gaza with destruction, rubble and Israeli genocide. And they can hardly be blamed. On November 3, the UN Development Programme and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western ... More >>
Henry Kissinger: Snake Oil Salesman Of Gangster Realism
Friday, 1 December 2023, 11:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
“‘He’ll have ye smilin’,” an old Irish saying goes, “while he takes the gold out of your teeth’.” Charles Glass, London Review of Books , Oct 20, 2022 The obituaries of criminals, masterful or otherwise, are always going to be ... More >>
United For Gaza: Time Now For Palestinians To Protect Their Collective Sumud
Thursday, 30 November 2023, 2:51 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on Gaza, the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium, Pedro Sanchez and Alexander De Croo, appeared in a joint press conference at Rafah Crossing. While Sanchez described “what is happening (as) a ... More >>
One Small, Red Triangle: Palestine, We Are Finally Looking
Monday, 27 November 2023, 1:56 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Did you know that there was an international conference held in France on November 9 under the title ‘International Humanitarian Conference for Gaza’s Civilian Population’? According to the French foreign ministry website , the conference ... More >>
Ours Is An Indigenous Struggle: How Gaza United The World
Friday, 24 November 2023, 9:17 am | Ramzy Baroud
For decades, the struggle for national liberation in Palestine was rightly understood to be part and parcel of a global struggle for liberation, mainly in the Global South. And since national liberation movements were, per definition, the struggle for indigenous ... More >>
The Old And New Nakba: Forced Expulsion Of Palestinians Must Be Rejected
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 2:46 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It is simply inaccurate to claim that the ongoing Israeli attempt to displace all, or many Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Sinai is a new idea, compelled by recent circumstances. Displacing Palestinians, or as it is known in Israeli political lexicon, ... More >>
The Strip Is Already Occupied: The Two Gazas That Israel Cannot Break
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 2:59 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The ongoing discussions on the Israeli military objectives in Gaza are largely focused on whether Israel is planning a long or a short-term military reoccupation of the Strip. Israelis themselves are fueling this conversation, with 41 percent of Israelis ... More >>
There Will Be Repercussions: The West Is Collectively Responsible For Israel’s Genocide In Gaza
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 3:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and besieged Gaza. Guterres was not the only international figure to travel to the Gaza border, hoping to mobilize ... More >>
Time To Listen: What Is Gaza Telling Us About Palestinian Priorities
Friday, 3 November 2023, 11:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Gaza has changed the political equation in Palestine. Moreover, the repercussions of this devastating war are likely to alter the political equation in the entire Middle East and to re-center Palestine as the world’s most urgent political crisis ... More >>
The Gaza Manifesto: Why America’s Old Middle East Is Crumbling
Tuesday, 31 October 2023, 9:27 am | Ramzy Baroud
History will not forgive those who have remained silent, exhibited or expressed ‘balanced’ positions - or worse, defended Israel’s ongoing genocide in an already besieged, impoverished and overcrowded Gaza. This is not a cliché declaration, a ... More >>
‘Human Animals’: The Sordid Language Behind Israel’s Genocide In Gaza
Friday, 27 October 2023, 6:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
“(Tutsis) are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” The first quote was a line repeated frequently by the Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines , a Rwandan radio station, which is largely blamed for inciting ... More >>
No Peace Without Justice: Gaza Has Just Vanquished A 20-Year-Old Israeli Plan
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 8:54 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israel had the perfect plan for Gaza - in fact, for all Palestinians, when it decided to redeploy its forces around the Occupied Gaza Strip in 2005. Despite statements made, back then, by Israeli officials that the 'disengagement' plan aimed at severing ... More >>
Not Hamas-Israeli Conflict: The Palestinian Cause Belongs To The World
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 5:27 am | Ramzy Baroud
At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over the course of many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict’. But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful. The supposedly ... More >>
A Day To Remember: How ‘Al-Quds Flood’ Altered The Relationship Between Palestine And Israel Forever
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 10:08 am | Ramzy Baroud
Regardless of the precise strategy of the Palestinian group Hamas, or any other Palestinian movement for that matter, the daring Palestinian military campaign, deep inside Israel, on Saturday, October 7, was only possible because Palestinians ... More >>
