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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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Murdoch Almighty: When Public Loses Opinion
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 2:26 pm | Ramzy Baroud
People imagine that their opinions are their own, not those of corporate moguls who compete to colonise the public sphere. We are not as free in thought as we think. More >>
Bush PR Campaign: Back to the Basics
Monday, 18 September 2006, 12:14 am | Ramzy Baroud
Removed from reality, self-consumed and desperate, the Bush administration went on another PR offensive, in what is considered the “third most major public relations effort” in the last year. More >>
Kidnapped In Gaza: Chaos As A Strategy
Friday, 8 September 2006, 12:01 am | Ramzy Baroud
Two Fox News journalists, Steve Cantani and Olas Wing were released by their Palestinian kidnappers in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, August 27. Just one day earlier, two Reuters’ cameramen were seriously wounded in an apparently deliberate Israeli strike on their ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Day After
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 11:16 am | Ramzy Baroud
If it is true that the 33-day war on Lebanon was the culmination of regional developments and that it can hardly be fathomed separate from the brutal Israeli war on Gaza or the faltering American imperial project in Iraq, then it is hardly inconsistent to ... More >>
Ramzy Baroud: The Real Terrorism Plot
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 11:08 am | Ramzy Baroud
And yet another menacing terror plot was thwarted 10 August, with the arrest of 24 suspects, all British Muslims. It was an ominous conspiracy aimed at committing "mass murder" on an "unimaginable" scale, British authorities quickly concluded. More >>
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 >>
