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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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Lebanon: A Critical Battle for New Middle East
Friday, 18 August 2006, 3:14 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Using the July 12 capture of two Israeli soldiers - whose unit had apparently crossed the Israeli border into Lebanon - as a pretext, the Bush administration quickly sprung into action: imagining yet a new Middle East, where democracy and freedom reigns ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Logic Of Israel's War On Civilians
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 8:21 am | Ramzy Baroud
A Sky News newscaster, interviewing British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Sunday, July 30 demanded an answer to this paraphrased question: if indeed Israel had precise intelligence that a Hezbollah operative was present in the village of ... More >>
Extraordinary Precision: Israel's War on Civilians
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 9:14 am | Ramzy Baroud
A Sky News newscaster, interviewing British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett on Sunday, July 30 demanded an answer to this paraphrased question: if indeed Israel had precise intelligence that a Hezbollah operative was present in the village of ... More >>
Baroud: More To Lebanon War Than Meets The Eye
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 3:22 pm | Ramzy Baroud
At first glance, history seems to repeat itself in Lebanon, where a lengthy cold war is intermittently interrupted by an extreme show of violence as traditional players quickly sprint into action, stacking their support behind one party or the other. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Why is Israel Back in Gaza?
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 11:09 am | Ramzy Baroud
The disparity between Israel’s public narrative and its actual intents cannot possibly be any more palpable than in the current Gaza onslaught following the capture by Palestinians of an Israeli solider near Gaza in a daring June 25 raid on a military ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Racism Plagues West's Media Coverage
Thursday, 13 July 2006, 4:32 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Racism is "the belief that one 'racial group' is inferior to another and the practices of the dominant group to maintain the inferior position of the dominated group. Often defined as a combination of power, prejudice and discrimination." More >>
Re-Interpreting Iraq: Propaganda Campaign Underway
Friday, 30 June 2006, 10:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war’s early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly held true ... More >>
Re-Interpreting Iraq: Propaganda Campaign Underway
Friday, 30 June 2006, 10:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
To their credit, top US Pentagon officials cautioned journalists and the public, since the Iraq war’s early days, that the dissemination of misinformation would be a vital weapon in their war strategy. Needless to say, they have certainly held true ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Al-Zarqawi Death: Myth vs. Reality
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 2:37 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The convenient emergence and sudden disappearance of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi signals an end of an era. Though Washington and London insist on telling us that the ‘good news’ don’t necessary mean an end to Iraq’s bloodshed, the giddiness in British Prime ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Trying Times for Palestinians
Thursday, 15 June 2006, 11:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
The political and ideological division separating Palestinian society in the Occupied Territories has metamorphosed into a formidable chasm, despite the urgent need to consolidate Palestinian national unity in this current crisis. More >>
Israeli Exceptionalism: Hamas Is Not the Issue
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 2:51 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Recently, the Aljazeera online English service posed a seemingly simple question: “Should (Israeli Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert talk with Hamas?” More >>
Palestinian Violence Indicator Of Bigger Battle
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 12:02 am | Ramzy Baroud
Labeling as ‘dangerous’ the violent escalation in the Gaza Strip between supporters of the Fatah and Hamas movements is an understatement, to say the least. The situation in the Occupied Territories is more perilous than any media account, however decent, ... More >>
Baroud: Palestinian Catastrophe- Myths Revisited
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 11:12 am | Ramzy Baroud
Palestinians and their faithful supporters throughout the world commemorated May 15, as Nakba Day, the day when Israel was declared a state atop the ruins of Palestinian homes and hundreds of ethnically cleansed towns and villages, 58 years ago. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Redefining the Middle East
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:25 am | Ramzy Baroud
It may be convenient to perceive the Middle East as a politically charged, fractious region, rife with conflicts and disputes, void of many prospects, save those leading to even further uncertainty and turmoil. More >>
Iran and US: Nuclear Standoff or Realpolitik?
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice couldn't possibly have been more accurate when she accused Iran of "playing games" with the international community. More >>
Sovereignty & Military Occupation Not Compatible
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 11:37 am | Ramzy Baroud
In a seemingly poignant analysis of the situation in Iraq, BBC news online analyst, Jim Muir assessed Iraqi politics following the choice of Jawad Al Maliki as prime minister designate. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Hamas’ Impossible Mission
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 2:59 pm | Ramzy Baroud
It should be established by now that most Western governments are the least interested in honoring the decided democratic choice of the Palestinian people, which elevated to power a movement that is branded ‘terrorist’ by Israel, thus by much of the Western ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: A Case for the Palestinian Govt.
Friday, 21 April 2006, 11:45 am | Ramzy Baroud
Responding to successive decisions made by the US, the European Union and various European and non-European countries to boycott the Palestinian Authority and deprive it of urgently needed funds, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh described ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Imminent Decline of Empire?
Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 5:13 pm | Ramzy Baroud
The miscalculated policies of the US administration in the Middle East are quickly depleting the country’s ability to sustain its once unchallenged global position. Winds of change are blowing everywhere, and there is little that Washington’s ideologues ... More >>
US & Hamas: The Disturbing Parallel With Nicaragua
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 7:10 am | Ramzy Baroud
What is currently transpiring in the Occupied Territories is by far a worst-case scenario, ironically one made possible with the direct help of many Palestinians themselves. The democratically elected Palestinian government is now officially isolated, ... More >>
