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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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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 >>
Ramzy Baroud: It’s the Media, Stupid
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 12:22 am | Ramzy Baroud
There is little disagreement on the indispensable role of the media in influencing political debate and narrative, thus shaping public discourse. More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Jericho Prison Raid
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 11:43 am | Ramzy Baroud
Could it be possible that the Israeli army raid on a Jericho prison on March 14 was done without careful coordination between Israel, the United States and Britain? Could it also be possible that the timing of the onslaught was equally innocent, ... More >>
Remembering a Valiant Journalist: Atwar Bahjat
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 11:27 am | Ramzy Baroud
A few weeks ago I learned that a journalist who was one of my colleagues was kidnapped, then, five days later, released unharmed with his driver in Baghdad. I was shocked, then relieved. I somehow managed to find some humor in the not-so-humorous event. More >>
Lying and Deception as the Government Policy
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 11:24 am | Ramzy Baroud
What is even more imprudent than the invasion of Iraq and the ‘war on terror’ is the Bush administration’s determination to interpret the tragedy of that stricken nation in a way that lays blame on just about everyone else but itself. And yet this ... More >>
Middle East Democracy and the Hamas Factor
Friday, 3 March 2006, 1:05 pm | Ramzy Baroud
There is a degree of surrealism in all of this. Hamas has presented its choice of Prime Minister to President Mahmoud Abbas, as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine says it has agreed in principle to join a Hamas-led government. More >>
Cartoon Awakening: A Positive Media Strategy
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 10:20 am | Ramzy Baroud
Much has been said and done in response to the deliberately offensive anti-Muslim cartoons published late last year by a conservative Danish newspaper, and profusely printed in many Europeans and non-European media, including South Africa, Jordan ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: Weathering the Globalization Storm
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:21 am | Ramzy Baroud
I spent much of the last three years working and traveling across the Middle East and Asia in one of the most unique and fulfilling experiences of my life. More >>
