
Dr Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is ‘These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons’ (Clarity Press). Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) and also at the Afro-Middle East Center (AMEC). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net
Items by Dr Ramzy Baroud
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- January 27, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is...
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- January 27, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Mussolini-Jabotinsky Connection: The Hidden Roots of Israel Fascist Past
It is hardly surprising that Italian opposition leader, Matteo Salvini, has vowed that if he becomes Italy’s next Prime Minister, he will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Salvini heads Italy’s Lega Party, formerly known as Lega Nord – Northern League – a party that has long been perceived...
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- January 21, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
In the name of ‘Israel’s security’, retreating US gives it billions more in military aid
Billions of US taxpayers’ dollars will continue to be funnelled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in the foreseeable future. Republican and Democratic Senators have recently ensured just that, passing a Bill aimed at providing Israel with $3.3 billion in aid every year. The Bill,...
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- January 13, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank
A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel’s so-called “firing zones” in the West Bank. “Israel has impounded the only vehicle available to a medical team that provides assistance to 1,500 Palestinians living inside an...
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- January 6, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Justice at Last? ‘Panic’ in Israel as the ICC Takes ‘momentous step’ in the right direction
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that “all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met”. Bensouda’s verdict has been...
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- January 5, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
The 'Great Game' is afoot: Killing Soleimani reflects US desperation in the Middle East
By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom ‘out of the frying pan into the fire.’ US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically and legally embattled – the former has just been impeached and the latter is dogged by...
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- January 1, 2020 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of 'Anti-Semitism'
At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of anti-Semitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be...
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- December 31, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Who is Archbishop Atallah Hanna, and why does Israel hate him?
“They will run and not grow weary,” is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40:41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the anti-apartheid struggle years, has come to represent the unified voice of the Palestinian...
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- December 27, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
A year in review: will 2020 be a game changer in Palestine?
This has been a defining year for Palestine and Israel. Despite the usual political stagnation of the Palestinian leadership, two factors contributed to making 2019 particularly eventful and, looking ahead, consequential as well: The unprecedented political power struggle in Israel, and the total US retreat from its own self-proclaimed...
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- December 23, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
On the Road to Gaza: The Freedom Flotilla Will Sail Again
What is Gaza to us but an Israeli missile, a rudimentary rocket, a demolished home, an injured child being whisked away by his peers under a hail of bullets? On a daily basis, Gaza is conveyed to us as a bloody image or a dramatic video, none of which...
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- December 20, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Palestine and the stifling status quo
Extending UNRWA’s mission is a pyrrhic victory...
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- December 17, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
From a blessing to a curse: how UN resolution 2334 accelerated Israel’s colonisation in the West Bank
Three years ago, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 2334. With fourteen members voting in favour and one abstention, the Resolution was the equivalent of a political earthquake. Indeed, it was the first time in many years that the international body roundly condemned Israel for its illegal settlement...
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- December 10, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
‘Elected by Donors’: The University of Cape Town fails Palestine, embraces Israel
It was a scandal of the highest caliber. On 23 November, the senate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa was practically bullied into reversing an earlier decision calling for the academic boycott of Israel. While the story may seem relevant in South Africa’s political and...
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- December 5, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Money, Power and Turf: Winning the Middle East Media War at Any Cost
It is hardly surprising to see Middle Eastern countries at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, as the worst violators of freedom of the press. But equally alarming is the complete polarization of public opinion as a result of self-serving media and, bankrolled by rich Arab countries,...
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- December 2, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
The unfinished ‘coup’ signals the end of the Netanyahu era and a political earthquake ahead
Nothing seems to be working for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has tried every trick in the book to save his political career and avoid a possible prison sentence. Nevertheless, for Israel’s longest-serving leader, the end is almost certainly nigh. Netanyahu described his indictment on charges of fraud, bribery...
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- November 25, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s next move is the real danger in the US decision to normalise illegal Jewish settlements
It is hardly a major surprise that the US government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements built in defiance of international law are somehow “consistent” with the said law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since moving into the White House...
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- November 19, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Libya’s torture camps: How Italy outsources human rights violations
In May 2017, local parish priest, Don Edoardo Scordio, was one of 68 people who were detained by Italy’s anti-mafia police in the region of Calabria. Scordio, who is currently under house arrest, is accused of involvement in a large criminal network, operated by cosca Arena, a local mafia group...
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- November 16, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
How Western media bias allows Israel to getaway with murder in Gaza
An Israeli attack on Gaza was imminent, and not because of any provocations by Palestinian groups in the besieged, impoverished Gaza Strip. The Israeli military escalation was foreseeable because it factors neatly in Israel’s contentious political scene. The war was not a question of “if”, but “when”. The answer came...
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- November 15, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
The infallible warrior: Honest reflections on the legacy of Yasser Arafat 15 years after his death
15 years after the passing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian people continue to reflect on his legacy. Thousands of images of “Abu Ammar” have been shared across numerous social media platforms remembering a man whose nom de guerre has been affiliated with the Palestinian struggle for decades. Arafat’s...
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- November 13, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Israel is a 'Terrorist State': Seven times Bolivia and Morales took a stance for Palestine
On November 10 Bolivian President Evo Morales, announced his resignation from office following what was described by his deputy, Álvaro García Linera, as a military coup. Morales’ 14 years in office have been seen by many as a triumph for the indigenous people of Bolivia; in fact, for indigenous peoples...
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- November 11, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
A lesson for the Palestinian leadership: Real reasons behind Israel’s arrest and release of Labadi, Mi’ri
The release on November 6 of two Jordanian nationals, Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Mi’ri from Israeli prisons was a bittersweet moment. The pair were finally reunited with their families after harrowing experiences in Israel. Sadly, thousands of Palestinian prisoners are still denied their freedom, still subjected to all...
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- November 7, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Ready for Execution: The Former Israeli General and his Quest for a New Gaza War
Benny Gantz, the leader of Israel’s newly-founded Kahol Lavan – the Blue and White Party – is the rising star of Israeli politics. The fact that he has the opportunity to finally oust long-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks volumes about the appeal of his political message, his charisma,...
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- November 4, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
Microsoft should not fund Israeli spying on Palestinians
The act of Palestinian activists covering their faces during anti-Israeli occupation rallies is an old practice that spans decades. The masking of the face, often by Kufyias – traditional Palestinian scarves that grew to symbolise Palestinian resistance – is far from being a fashion statement. Instead, it is a...
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- October 29, 2019 Dr Ramzy Baroud
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian Christians that nobody is talking about
Palestine’s Christian population is dwindling at an alarming rate. The world’s most ancient Christian community is moving elsewhere. And the reason for this is Israel. Christian leaders from Palestine and South Africa sounded the alarm at a conference in Johannesburg on October 15. Their gathering was titled: “The Holy Land:...