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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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Asia’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’ - How The New Era Could Shape Our Collective Identities
Monday, 31 July 2023, 5:28 am | Ramzy Baroud
In a recent speech, China's highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi, spoke of a 'united Asia' and its need to develop a “strategic autonomy”. In principle, Wang was not wrong; after all, a stable and prosperous Asia would benefit the peoples of the ... More >>
US & Israel - Is The ‘Unbreakable Bond’ Finally Breaking?
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 8:16 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli President Isaac Herzog added nothing of great value in his speech at the United States Congress on July 19. His was the typical language. He spoke of a ‘sacred bond’, touted the shared experience between both nations as “unique in scope ... More >>
Meaning Of Solidarity In The Time Of A New Palestine
Monday, 24 July 2023, 6:33 am | Ramzy Baroud
[Along with other intellectuals, I was asked by a New Zealand solidarity group to share a few ideas on what meaningful solidarity with Palestine entails. This talk inspired the article below.] It is a new era in Palestine. This new era is taking ... More >>
Is Netanyahu Pushing For Palestinian Civil Conflict?
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 6:38 am | Ramzy Baroud
This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, to exit the stage. But he will not. Abbas’ brief visit to the devastated Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on July 12 demonstrated the absurdity ... More >>
The War To Save Mahmoud Abbas: Is Netanyahu Pushing For Palestinian Civil Conflict?
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 6:34 am | Ramzy Baroud
This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, to exit the stage. But he will not. Abbas’ brief visit to the devastated Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on July 12 demonstrated the absurdity ... More >>
Burning Of The Quran And The Counter-offensive: Why The West Is Panicking
Saturday, 8 July 2023, 5:52 am | Ramzy Baroud
Desecrating, then burning the Holy Quran in Sweden has, once again, raised a political storm of condemnation, but also of justification, if not outright approval. Such acts are protected by law, top Swedish and EU officials have declared. But why are ... More >>
No Palestinian State And The PA ‘Works For Us’: Netanyahu’s Remarks Should Inspire Paradigm Shift
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 11:00 am | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just against the establishment of a Palestinian state, he wants to eliminate the very aspirations for such a state. This was the gist of Netanyahu's remarks, made at a meeting of the Israeli Knesset's ... More >>
Non-Factional, Armed, & Popular - Why A Palestinian Rebellion Is Coming
Monday, 3 July 2023, 6:15 am | Ramzy Baroud
Numbers can be dehumanizing. However, when placed in their proper context, they help to illuminate wider issues and answer urgent questions, such as why is Occupied Palestine at the threshold of a major revolt. And why Israel cannot crush Palestinian ... More >>
Irony Of World Refugee Day First Celebrating, Then Blaming Victims
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 7:14 am | Ramzy Baroud
Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of the Mediterranean. Only 104 people have been rescued from a boat that carried an estimated ... More >>
Neoliberalism, Geopolitic, Ideology - The Taming Of Giorgia Meloni
Monday, 12 June 2023, 8:55 am | Ramzy Baroud
Europe keeps reminding us that geopolitical interests trump ideology. European politics is the prime example of how states and political parties are willing to ditch their very ideological foundations to hold onto power, even if briefly. The unmistakable ... More >>
China And Palestine: No To ‘Piecemeal Crisis Management’
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 1:07 pm | Ramzy Baroud
Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable, in terms of their consistency with international law. Compared to the United States’ position, which perceives the UN, and particularly ... More >>
A Man Without A Strategy: How Netanyahu Is Provoking Armed Intifada In West Bank
Saturday, 3 June 2023, 9:32 am | Ramzy Baroud
After signing a military decree on May 18, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will ... More >>
Kissinger & The ‘Intellectual’ Decline Of The West
Monday, 29 May 2023, 8:31 am | Ramzy Baroud
Prophets of Doom: Kissinger and the ‘Intellectual’ Decline of the West It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary in how the West should behave in response to the ... More >>
Led By China And India: On The Global South Efforts To Fix The UN
Monday, 22 May 2023, 9:07 am | Ramzy Baroud
In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China’s foreign policy chief, Yang Yi stated his country's demands. “The reform of the Security Council ... More >>
New Rules of Engagement in Israel
Monday, 15 May 2023, 3:30 pm | Ramzy Baroud
All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and ‘fighting terrorism’. More >>
Winners and Losers in Sudan: On Proxy Wars and Superpower Rivalries in the Global South
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 5:37 am | Ramzy Baroud
The world is changing. In fact, it has been undergoing seismic change that long preceded the Russian-Ukraine war, and the recent US-Chinese tensions in the Taiwan Strait. In fact, the US debacle in Iraq and the Middle East, and the humiliating ... More >>
Erasure Vs. Sumud: How The Nakba Came To Define The Collective Palestinian Identity
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:40 am | Ramzy Baroud
On May 15, 2023, the Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old. Palestinians all over the world will commemorate the tragic occasion, known as the 'Catastrophe', when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were made refugees and nearly 500 towns and villages ... More >>
Losing ‘Deterrence’: How Palestinian, Arab Resistance Changed Rules of War with Israel
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 7:21 pm | Ramzy Baroud
When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only. Indeed, neither Hamas nor the other Gaza-based groups engaged directly in the fighting. The war then raised more questions than ... More >>
The Rise Of The South: Can BRICS Weaken The Dominance Of The IMF And World Bank?
Monday, 17 April 2023, 11:10 am | Ramzy Baroud
Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? But that once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the political equilibrium ... More >>
Quest For Religious War: How Israel Is Unifying Arabs And Muslims Around Palestine
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 5:47 am | Ramzy Baroud
By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that the Palestinians would retaliate. Netanyahu's motive ... More >>
