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Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting The Violence Of Media Delegitimization
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 8:43 am | Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest ... More >>
A State For Some Of Its Citizens: Captured Black Soldier’s Saga Highlights Racism In Israel
Friday, 27 January 2023, 11:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
“For how long will I be in captivity? After so many years, where are the state and the people of Israel?” These were the words, uttered in Hebrew, of a person believed to be Avera Mengistu, an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin who was captured ... More >>
It Has Always Been A ‘Religious War’: On Ben Gvir And The Adaptability Of Zionism
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 3:04 pm | Ramzy Baroud
In a self-congratulatory article published in the Atlantic in 2017, Yossi Klein Halevi describes Israeli behavior at the just-conquered holy Muslim shrines in Occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 as “an astonishing moment of religious restraint”. “The ... More >>
Time For Action Is Now: What Will Happen After The ICJ Delegitimizes Israel’s Occupation Of Palestine
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 3:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Once more, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will offer a legal opinion on the consequences of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. A historic United Nations vote on December 31 called on the ICJ to look at the Israeli Occupation in terms ... More >>
On Giuseppe Trani And The ‘Human Condition’: Positive Vibes For 2023
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 2:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When the newsstand of Giuseppe Trani was swept away by massive flooding that devastated the southern Italian town of Casamicciola, near Naples, the 70-year-old man lost everything. Not for long, though, as the townsfolk, who were also affected by the ... More >>
On Football, Opium And Popular Resistance: Not All Sports Are Created Equal
Monday, 26 December 2022, 7:04 am | Ramzy Baroud
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that “football is the opium of the people”. ... More >>
Lions’ Den Is Not A Fleeting Phenomenon: On Palestine’s Looming Armed Revolt
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Just when Israel, and even some Palestinians, began talking about the Lions’ Den phenomenon in the past tense, a large number of fighters belonging to the newly-formed Palestinian group marched in the city of Nablus. Unlike the group’s first appearance ... More >>
The Nakba Day Triumph: How The UN Is Correcting A Historical Wrong
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 6:49 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The next Nakba Day will be officially commemorated by the United Nations General Assembly on May 15, 2023. The decision by the world’s largest democratic institution is significant, if not a game changer. For nearly 75 years, the Palestinian Nakba ... More >>
Xi’s Visit And The Future Of The Middle East: What Does China Want From The Arabs
Friday, 9 December 2022, 6:39 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The problem with most Western media’s political analyses is that they generally tend to be short-sighted and focused mostly on variables that are of direct interest to Western governments. These types of analyses are now being applied to ... More >>
On ‘Hate’ And Love At The World Cup: Palestine Is More Than An Arab Cause
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 9:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
We were mistaken to think that Palestine represents the central issue for all Arabs. Such language suggests that Palestine is an external subject, to be compared to other collective struggles that consume most Arabs, everywhere. The ongoing ... More >>
‘Deliberate Ambiguity’: Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Are Greatest Threat To Middle East
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 1:57 pm | Ramzy Baroud
As western countries are floating the theory that Russia could escalate its conflict with Ukraine to a nuclear war, many western governments continue to turn a blind eye to Israel’s own nuclear weapons capabilities. Luckily, many countries around ... More >>
Xi Vs Trudeau: How China Is Rewriting History With The Colonial West
Monday, 28 November 2022, 6:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured ... More >>
Liberating Africa From Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations With The West
Friday, 25 November 2022, 2:08 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth ... More >>
Symbolic But Significant: Why The Decision To Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder Is Unprecedented
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 3:09 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer, but important and worthy of reflection, nonetheless. Based ... More >>
Palestinians Are Native Americans: Time To Correct The Language Of History
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 1:41 pm | Ramzy Baroud
At a recent Istanbul conference that brought many Palestinian scholars and activists together to discuss the search for a common narrative on Palestine, a Palestinian member of the audience declared at the end of a brief, but fiery intervention, ‘we ... More >>
For Lula’s Victory To Matter: A Proposal For A Unified Palestinian Foreign Policy
Monday, 14 November 2022, 9:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinians and their supporters are justified in celebrating the election victory of the leftist presidential candidate, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brazil’s runoff elections on October 30. But Lula's victory is incomplete and could ultimately prove ... More >>
‘Nothing Works’: Europe Must Stop Blaming Others For Its Own Crises
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 7:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a rightwing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different, non-western prism, it is hard not to mistake him for ... More >>
Chasing A Mirage: How Israel Arab Parties Validate Israeli Apartheid
Monday, 7 November 2022, 7:17 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Regardless of the outcome of the latest Israeli elections, Arab parties will not reap meaningful political benefits, even if they collectively achieve their highest representation ever. The reason is not about the parties themselves, but in Israel's ... More >>
End Of The Deal: By Revoking Stance On Jerusalem, Australia Isolates Israel, Not Palestinians
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 11:29 am | Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump's so-called 'Deal of the Century' was meant to represent a finality of sorts, an event reminiscent of Francis Fukuyama’s premature declaration of the 'End of History' and the uncontested supremacy of western capitalism. In effect, ... More >>
Difficult Months Ahead: Why Israel Is Afraid Of The Lions' Den
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 2:10 pm | Ramzy Baroud
This headline in the Israeli newspaper, the Jerusalem Post, only tells part of the story: “The Lions’ Den, Other Palestinian Groups are Endless Headache for Israel, PA.” It is true that both the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority ... More >>
