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 23-July-2024
Targeting a school during a war could be justified as, or at least argued, to have been a mistake. But striking over 120 schools, and killing and wounding thousands of civilians sheltering inside, can only be intentional, with each attack a horrific war crime in its own right.
Wednesday 17-July-2024
Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative Party and the latter in the overpowering of the far right by a largely leftist coalition.
Friday 5-July-2024
Israel never learns from its mistakes.
Sunday 30-June-2024
Humanitarian aid should never be politicized though, quite often, the very survival of nations is used as political bargaining chips.
Thursday 27-June-2024
Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on 18 June, “There will be no civil war [in Israel],” he might be wrong.
Saturday 22-June-2024
The word Muqawama in Palestinian lexicon does not need elaboration beyond the immediate meaning it generates among ordinary Palestinians.
Wednesday 19-June-2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is often criticized for failing to produce a vision for the “day after” the end of the Gaza war.
Thursday 13-June-2024
Spain joined South Africa’s case at the UN’s top Court on 6 June, accusing Israel of genocide. This move followed a decision by Madrid and two other western European capitals — Dublin and Oslo — to recognize the state of Palestine, thus breaking ranks with a long-established US-led Western policy.
Tuesday 4-June-2024
Just hours after Israel carried out a gruesome massacre of displaced Palestinians in the Tel Al-Sultan area west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on 26 May, it carried out yet another massacre in the Al-Mawasi area.
Friday 31-May-2024
To truly appreciate the recent decision by Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognize the State of Palestine, the subject has to be placed in proper context.
Monday 27-May-2024
When I first arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on July 24, 1994, I was both scared and torn by guilt.
Thursday 23-May-2024
Inadvertently, Israel has pressed the reset button on its war with the Palestinian people, taking back the so-called conflict to square one.
Tuesday 7-May-2024
What is taking place in occupied Palestine is not a conflict between more or less equals, but a straightforward case of illegal military occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and outright genocide by one, heavily-armed side — Israel — against the largely unarmed other, the Palestinians.
Thursday 2-May-2024
The mass protests at dozens of US universities cannot be reduced to a stifling and misleading conversation about anti-Semitism. Thousands of American students across the country are not protesting, risking their own futures and safety because of some pathological hatred of the Jewish people.
Sunday 28-April-2024
Throughout history, fringe religious Zionist parties have had limited success in achieving the kind of electoral victories that would allow them an actual share in the country’s political decision-making.
Wednesday 24-April-2024
The outcome of the Palestine vote and the American veto at the United Nations Security Council on 18 April was predictable.