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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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Iran’s Nuclear Theater Meant to Divert Attention
Friday, 2 October 2009, 2:02 pm | Ramzy Baroud
World events have taken an interesting turn recently, with the Goldstone report, which wreaked havoc in the beginning of the week being nearly completely overshadowed by Iran’s revelation of another nuclear facility, according to diplomats in Vienna ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Will Goldstone's Report Deliver?
Friday, 25 September 2009, 2:58 pm | Ramzy Baroud
'We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the era of impunity,' Nadia Hijab, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Institute for Palestine Studies, was quoted by IPS in response to the findings of a 574-page report by a four-member United Nations ... More >>
Perpetual Grief over September 11th
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 11:49 am | Ramzy Baroud
The anniversary of the infamous tragedy of 9/11, 2001, and the subsequent ramifications indeed induce, throughout the world, a plethora of feelings of sorrow. The 9/11 event should have never taken place. Regardless of the situation, targeting civilians is ... More >>
A Fresh Approach in Afghanistan: An End to War?
Friday, 11 September 2009, 3:40 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Left out of the options under consideration in "Obama's war" is the only one with any chance of success. Despite assurances to the contrary in Washington and a major policy speech in London, one need not quibble with the obvious fact that the situation ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: US Audacity of Hope Falters
Friday, 4 September 2009, 1:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The US has decided to be ‘flexible’ regarding its once touted call for a total Israeli freeze on the expansion of its occupied territories’ settlements, all illegal under international law. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Fighting for the Right to Walk
Friday, 28 August 2009, 11:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
Gaza’s troubles have somehow been relegated, if not completely dropped from the mainstream media’s radar, and subsequently the world’s conscience and consciousness. Weaning the public from the sadness there conveys the false impression that things ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Drones and Democracy in Afghanistan
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
With elections just around the corner in Afghanistan, it might be timely to reflect on the US engagement with that stricken nation and consider just how much foreign intervention has contributed to the prospect and possibility of free and democratic ... More >>
Fatah: A New Beginning or an Imminent End?
Friday, 14 August 2009, 4:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
This is hardly the rational order of things. An overpowering military occupation was meant to be resisted by an equally determined, focused and unyielding national movement, hell-bent on liberation at any cost and by any means. This is the unwritten ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Gaza’s Kite Runners
Monday, 10 August 2009, 3:52 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When seen from a distance, kites in Gaza may look quite ordinary. But while Gazan children, in many respects, are just children, their kites are hardly ordinary. Often adorned by the red, black, green and white of the Palestinian flag, Gazan children’s ... More >>
The Israeli Conundrum: ‘How to Deal with Iran’
Monday, 3 August 2009, 9:58 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli officials are facing a conundrum that may take more than military muscle-flexing to resolve. The problem is ‘how to deal with Iran’. The solution to this dilemma will require no less than sheer political genius. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Who Killed Arafat and Why?
Saturday, 25 July 2009, 1:41 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Who killed Yasser Arafat? When the Palestinian leader was declared dead in a French hospital on Nov. 11, 2004, there was no way of knowing how questions related to his death should be phrased. More >>
Gaza and the Language of Power
Friday, 17 July 2009, 11:48 am | Ramzy Baroud
Nearly six months have passed since the Israeli army ceased pounding the tiny stretch of land that is the Gaza Strip. Since then, Gaza continues to appear on the news once in a while, as a recurring subject of human misery. More >>
Forget the Headlines - Iraqi Freedom Deferred
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 10:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared “independence day” as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary Iraq in an unpersuasive show of ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Hamas’ Political Impasse
Friday, 3 July 2009, 1:56 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution. More >>
Beyond Politics: People for Sale in Hungry World
Friday, 26 June 2009, 2:34 pm | Ramzy Baroud
One might be tempted to dismiss the recent findings of the US State Department on human trafficking as largely political. But do not be too hasty. Criticism of the State Department's report on trafficked persons, issued on 16 June, should be rife. More >>
Israel and Obama’s Iran Puzzle
Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:12 am | Ramzy Baroud
The election victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new approach to his country’s conflict with Iran. The reason behind the foreseen obstacle is neither the US nor Iran’s refusal to ... More >>
A Boy and an Artificial Leg: A Gaza Story
Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
His room is ready; the walls have fresh paint and my kids prepared a basket of chocolates and other treats to place beside his bed. They hung a poster on his door that has been decorated with colored pens and glitter that says “Welcome Shobhi!” I have ... More >>
Can Obama Work His Magic on Arabs?
Friday, 5 June 2009, 2:03 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Among many major misconceptions pertaining to Arabs and Muslims is the common belief that they are a weak-willed, irrelevant collective, easily influenced and effortlessly manipulated. This mistaken assumption underscores the very ailment that has afflicted ... More >>
Netanyahu’s New Quest: The Game is On
Monday, 1 June 2009, 12:27 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“We've accomplished quite a few things, and I think the most important one is to cement the principle that the path to peace is through negotiations and not through violence.” More >>
Gaza Disowned: The Pope, Israel & ‘Reconciliation'
Friday, 22 May 2009, 2:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
“Gaza is not on the Pope’s itinerary, nor will it be. There will be no change in these plans. But I’ll say it very clearly, the Pope is absolutely not going to Gaza.” Such were the astounding comments made by the Pope’s spokesman in Israel, ... More >>
