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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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Turkey’s Unsustainable Politics in the Middle East
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 11:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
‘Confused’ may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and Israel in particular. The source of that confusion - aside from the appalling violence in Syria and earlier in Libya – is Turkey’s ... More >>
Funding and Denouncing Israeli Occupation: Hypocritical EU
Thursday, 14 March 2013, 6:18 pm | Ramzy Baroud
More bad news emerged from Israel in recent weeks. Indeed, good news is seldom associated with Israel and its military occupation and institutionalized discrimination and mistreatment of Palestinians. But now even those international organizations that ... More >>
Turkey’s Difficult Choice in Palestine, Israel
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 5:32 pm | Ramzy Baroud
An Israeli-Turkish rapprochement is unmistakably underway, but unlike the heyday of their political alignment of the1990’s, the revamped relationship is likely to be more guarded and will pose a greater challenge to Turkey rather than to Israel. More >>
Photographing Tragedy: What Victims Actually Want
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 5:22 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When one looks at scenes of fleeing refugees from Syria via images of their squalid refugee camps and hears their pleas for solidarity, mercy or for God’s help to end their suffering, one finds eerie similarities between their experiences and those ... More >>
Iraq at the Brink: A Decade after the Invasion
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 4:31 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign ‘Operation Desert Fox’ devastated parts of Iraq in Dec 1998, I was complaining to a friend in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. More >>
Paving the Road for a New Status Quo
Saturday, 9 February 2013, 10:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
Despite much saber-rattling by Israel and the US administration and hyped-up expectations by the Palestinian leadership, the recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer state late last year is on its way to becoming yet another footnote in protracted ... More >>
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Intifada
Monday, 28 January 2013, 12:09 pm | Ramzy Baroud
If Palestinian leaders only knew how extraneous their endless rounds of “unity” talks have become, they might cease their enthusiastic declarations to world media about yet another scheduled meeting or another. More >>
The Impossible Discourse of the ‘Arab Spring’
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 11:46 am | Ramzy Baroud
A reductionist discourse is one that selectively tailors its reading of subject matters in such a way as to only yield desired outcomes, leaving little or no room for other inquiries, no matter how appropriate or relevant. The so-called Arab Spring, although ... More >>
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Intifada
Friday, 18 January 2013, 8:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Intifada By Ramzy Baroud If Palestinian leaders only knew how extraneous their endless rounds of “unity” talks have become, they might cease their enthusiastic declarations to world media about yet another scheduled ... More >>
History of the People: Articulating ‘Palestine’
Friday, 11 January 2013, 10:01 am | Ramzy Baroud
History of the People: Articulating ‘Palestine’ Despite Israeli Hasbara By Ramzy Baroud What does a Palestinian farmer who is living in a village tucked in between the secluded West Bank hills, a prisoner on hunger strike in an Israeli jail and ... More >>
The Imagined, ‘Sinister’ Iranian Threat in Latin America
Friday, 4 January 2013, 1:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Reading the text of a bill that was recently signed into law by US President Barack Obama would instill fear in the hearts of ordinary Americans. Apparently, barbarians coming from distant lands are at work. They are gathering at the US-Mexico border, ... More >>
Nakba Revisited: Tragedy of Syria’s Palestinians
Friday, 28 December 2012, 11:48 am | Ramzy Baroud
Nakba Revisited: Tragedy of Syria’s Palestinians and Centrality of Right of Return By Ramzy Baroud It must have been 2007, although I cannot remember the exact date. I do recall getting lost in what seemed like a futile search for the headquarters ... More >>
Mali: West Africa’s Gate to Convenient Chaos, Intervention
Monday, 24 December 2012, 2:40 pm | Ramzy Baroud
France is insisting on ‘rapid’ military intervention in Mali. Its unmanned drones have reportedly been scouring the desert of the troubled West African nation - although it claims that the drones are seeking the whereabouts of six French hostages believed ... More >>
Palestine’s New Status: A History Rerun or a New Strategy
Friday, 7 December 2012, 12:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Palestine has become a “non-member state” at the United Nations as of Thursday November 29, 2012.The draft of the UN resolution beckoning what many perceive as a historic moment passed with an overwhelming majority of General Assembly members: ... More >>
A Different War in Gaza, and the War Ahead
Monday, 3 December 2012, 1:51 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In life, some phenomena cannot be explained by ordinary logic or technical language, let alone official discourses. How did Gaza manage to fight back with such ferocity and undying vigor in quelling the latest Israeli war despite years of a bloody siege ... More >>
Netanyahu’s High-stakes Game in Gaza: Same Time, Same Place
Monday, 26 November 2012, 12:48 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Many key phrases have been presented to explain Israel’s latest military onslaught against Gaza, which left scores dead and wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is flexing his muscles in preparation for the Israeli general elections ... More >>
EU as an Enabler of Netanyahu’s Colonial Policies
Monday, 19 November 2012, 11:16 am | Ramzy Baroud
Europe is different, as we are often reminded. The general wisdom is unlike the United States’ unconditional support for Israel. European countries tend to be more balanced in their approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Their politicians are less ... More >>
Palestine Entangled: The Politics of Money
Monday, 12 November 2012, 11:58 am | Ramzy Baroud
In Malaysia, a small group of community activists are busy at work developing projects that benefit most vulnerable members of Palestinian society in Gaza. Working under the umbrella of Viva Palestina Malaysia (VPM), the group shows solidarity through ... More >>
Palestine Entangled: The Politics of Money
Saturday, 10 November 2012, 2:34 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Palestine Entangled: The Politics of Money By Ramzy Baroud In Malaysia, a small group of community activists are busy at work developing projects that benefit most vulnerable members of Palestinian society in Gaza. Working under the umbrella of ... More >>
Manipulating History: ‘Popular Resistance’ in Palestine
Monday, 5 November 2012, 11:32 am | Ramzy Baroud
Apparently, ‘popular resistance’ has suddenly elevated to become a clash of visions or strategies between the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and its rivals in Gaza, underscoring an existing and deepening rift between various factions and leaderships. More >>
