Israel’s ‘victory’ celebration was premature
Tuesday 16-August-2022
For years Palestinians and Israelis have labored to redraw the battle lines. The three-day Israeli war on Gaza starting on 5 August manifested this reality clearly.
Ramzy Baroud
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).
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Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism Dominance
Thursday 4-August-2022
Until recently Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel partly due to the massive discrepancy of power between the two sides.
Washington is the problem not the solution
Wednesday 27-July-2022
To describe US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a “failure” in terms of activating the dormant “peace process” is to use a misnomer.
Equating between the Israeli perpetrator and the Palestinian victim
Tuesday 19-July-2022
“We regret we failed to protect you.” This was part of a statement issued by United Nations human rights experts on 14 July urging the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra.
Myths and facts about the Israeli siege on Gaza
Wednesday 6-July-2022
Fifteen years have passed since Israel imposed a total siege on the Gaza Strip subjecting nearly two million Palestinians to one of the longest and most cruel politically-motivated blockades in history.
Palestinians ‘are not animals in a zoo’
Saturday 2-July-2022
Years before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003 US media introduced many new characters promoting them as ‘experts’ who helped ratchet up US propaganda ultimately allowing the US government to secure enough popular support for the war.
Cultural warriors: Why Palestine’s sports victories should inspire us
Tuesday 21-June-2022
The Palestine National Football Team has once more done the seemingly impossible by qualifying for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
Why Israelis are prophesying the end of their state
Tuesday 14-June-2022
While it is true that Zionism is a modern political ideology that has exploited religion to achieve specific colonial objectives in Palestine prophecies continue to be a critical component of Israel’s perception of itself and of the state’s relationship with other groups especially Christian messianic groups in the United States and worldwide.
How the last year redefined the struggle for Palestinian freedom
Wednesday 8-June-2022
What took place between May 2021 and May 2022 is nothing less than a paradigm shift in Palestinian resistance.
This is how Israel plans to annex the occupied West Bank
Wednesday 1-June-2022
Israel’s Supreme Court has decided that the Palestinian region of Masafer Yatta in the southern hills of Hebron is to be appropriated entirely by the Israeli military and that the local population of more than 1000 Palestinians is to be expelled.
Right of return: Nakba is back on Palestinian agenda
Tuesday 24-May-2022
The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda.
How Palestinians became a factor in Israeli politics
Friday 20-May-2022
Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse which is unsurprising.
Does Israel Have a Yahya Sinwar Problem?
Friday 13-May-2022
Like typical analyses offered by western intelligences when trying to assess risks or understand major political phenomena in the Middle East Israeli intelligence is equally short-sighted.
Washington destroys the foundation for a Just peace in Palestine
Wednesday 4-May-2022
Palestinians are justifiably worried that the mandate granted to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA might be coming to an end.
The ‘Sword of Jerusalem’ could be unleashed again
Wednesday 27-April-2022
Ever since 15 April the Israeli occupation army and police have raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on a daily basis.
Palestine needs immediate attention to stave off a major food crisis
Wednesday 20-April-2022
A young journalist friend of mine in Gaza Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh told me that food prices in the besieged territory have rocketed in recent weeks.