Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His work has been published in many newspapers, journals and anthologies around the world. His is the author of The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press, London). His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press, London).
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Views Monday, February 04, 2019 Gaza Rallies for Caracas: On the West’s Dangerous Game in Venezuela Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of besieged Gaza to show their support of the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela is struggling to defeat a coup attempt that is supported by the United States, Israel and many... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 10, 2019 When Bolsonaro and Netanyahu Are ‘Brothers’: Why Brazil Should Shun the Israeli Model Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, is set to be the arch-enemy of the environment and of indigenous and disadvantaged communities in his country. He also promises to be a friend of like-minded, far-right leaders the world over. It is, therefore, not surprising to see a special... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Netanyahu's Predicament: The Era of Easy Wars Is Over When Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his army to carry out a limited operation in the besieged Gaza Strip on November 12, he certainly did not anticipate that his military adventure would destabilize his government and threaten the very survival of his right-wing coalition. But... Read more |
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Views Thursday, September 13, 2018 The Veiled Danger of the ‘Dead’ Oslo Accords Yossi Beilin is back. This unrepentant Israeli 'peacemaker' is like the mythical phoenix, constantly resurrecting from its own ashes. In a recent article in Al-Monitor, Beilin wrote in support of the idea of a confederation between Israel and Palestine. A confederation "could prevent the need to... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 05, 2018 What Lies Beneath: The US-Israeli Plot to ‘Save’ Gaza Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden opportunity to redefine what has, for decades, constituted the legal and political foundation for the so-called ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict.’ While US President... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law: Why Israel Was Never a Democracy The head of the Arab Joint List Alliance at the Israeli Knesset (Parliament), Aymen Odeh, described the passing of the racist Jewish Nation-state Law as "the death of our democracy." Did Odeh truly believe that, prior to this law, he had lived in a true democracy ? 70 years of Israeli Jewish... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 20, 2018 End the Wars to Halt the Refugee Crisis Europe is facing the most significant refugee crisis since World War II. All attempts at resolving the issue have failed, mostly because they have ignored the root causes of the problem. On June 11, Italy’s new Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, blocked the Aquarius rescue ship, carrying 629... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Beating the US ‘Veto’: Palestinians Need Urgent Protection From Israel What is taking place in Palestine is not a 'conflict'. We readily utilize the term but, in fact, the word 'conflict' is misleading. It equates between oppressed Palestinians and Israel, a military power that stands in violation of numerous United Nations Resolutions. It is these ambiguous... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 06, 2018 The Colonization of Palestine: Rethinking The Term ‘Israeli Occupation’ June 5, 2018 marks the 51 st anniversary of the Israeli Occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. But, unlike the massive popular mobilization that preceded the anniversary of the Nakba – the catastrophic destruction of Palestine in 1948 – on May 15, the anniversary of the Occupation is... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, May 15, 2018 My Home is Beit Daras: Our Lingering Nakba When Google Earth was initially released in 2001, I immediately rushed to locate a village that no longer exists on a map, which now delineates a whole different reality. Although I was born and raised in a Gaza refugee camp, and then moved to and lived in the United States, finding a village that... Read more |