Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is &lsquoThese Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons&rsquo. 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).
Tuesday 29-April-2025
An apparently strange choice was made by a correspondent from Israel’s Channel 12 when, on 22 April, he decided to release one of the most humiliating videos of a relatively large number of Israeli soldiers coming under attack by a single Palestinian fighter.
Saturday 19-April-2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vehement opposition to a Palestinian state aligns perfectly with a long-standing Zionist ideology that has consistently viewed the establishment of a Palestinian state as a direct threat to Israel’s very foundation as a settler colonial project.
Tuesday 15-April-2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest trip to Washington was no ordinary visit.
Friday 11-April-2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Eli Sharvit as the new chief of Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, only to quickly retract the nomination, all within just 24 hours.
Friday 4-April-2025
On 22 February, 2024, China’s Ambassador to The Hague, Zhang Jun, uttered the unexpected.
Thursday 27-March-2025
In a genocidal war that has spiraled into a struggle for political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the global powers supporting him continue to sacrifice Palestinian lives for political gain.
Monday 24-March-2025
It is crucial for any US administration to recognize that, regardless of political agendas, the views of the American public regarding the situation in Palestine and Israel are undergoing a significant shift.
Tuesday 18-March-2025
My journey into the realm of people’s history began during my teenage years when I first read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.
Thursday 13-March-2025
There’s a timeless Chinese proverb which warns: “The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, seems to heed neither the lessons of history nor the wisdom of such folk sayings.
Saturday 8-March-2025
The conversation on settler-colonialism must not be limited to academic discussion. It is a political reality, demonstrated clearly in the everyday behavior of Israel.
Sunday 2-March-2025
Language matters. Aside from its immediate impact on our perception of great political events, including war, language also defines our understanding of these events throughout history, thereby shaping our relationship with the past, the present and the future.
Wednesday 26-February-2025
I have long argued that the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza must be a catalyst for change in the overall political discourse on Israel and Palestine, particularly regarding the need to free Palestine from the confines of victimhood.
Wednesday 19-February-2025
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said in a 2020 interview that he had read 25 books on the Middle East.
Saturday 15-February-2025
Let’s be clear: the forced displacement of Palestinians is not a new idea.
Tuesday 11-February-2025
“A year of combat”—this is how Israel’s new Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, described 2025 at a conference organized by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Tuesday 4-February-2025
The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on 27 January felt as if history was choreographing one of its most earth-shattering events in recent memory.