‘Christian Zionists’ Dictate the Agenda of the Republican Party
Friday 4-September-2020
It is difficult – and futile – to argue which American president has historically been more pro-Israel.
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).
Latest by Ramzy Baroud
How Israeli piracy destroyed Gaza’s once thriving fishing industry
Sunday 30-August-2020
On August 16 the Israeli navy declared the Gaza sea a closed military zone.
Gaza Escalation as Reflection of Israel’s Political Rivalry
Tuesday 25-August-2020
Only recently the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel seemed close to reaching a prisoner exchange agreement where Hamas would release several Israeli soldiers held in Gaza while Israel would set free an unspecified number of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons.
Palestinians take their fight for justice to the mountains
Tuesday 18-August-2020
Palestinians are not going anywhere. This is the gist of seven decades of Palestinian struggle against Zionist colonialism. The proof? The story of Ahmed Amarneh.
The Politics of War: What is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon and Syria?
Tuesday 11-August-2020
On August 4 hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an ominous warning to Lebanon.
Apartheid or one state: Has Jordan broken a political taboo?
Tuesday 4-August-2020
What will it take for the idea of a two-state solution which was hardly practical to begin with to be completely abandoned?
Tel Aviv fears the worst in ICC investigation of war crimes
Wednesday 29-July-2020
When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation in occupied Palestine the Israeli government responded with the usual rhetoric accusing the international community of bias and insisting on Israel’s ‘right to defend itself.’
Why Palestinian-Israeli Prisoners Exchange Deal Could Happen Soon?
Thursday 23-July-2020
For the first time since the Israeli war on Gaza in 2014 the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling its willingness to engage in negotiations regarding the release of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers believed to be held by resistance groups in Gaza.
‘Feeding a Bedouin’: Roy Oz and Israel’s outrageous racism
Sunday 19-July-2020
On July 11 a video footage which showed a popular Israeli TV celebrity demeaning Palestinian children from the Bedouin community in the Naqab area went viral on social media.
AIPAC Israel losing to progressive Democrats
Tuesday 14-July-2020
While the US administration of President Donald Trump remains adamant in its support for Israel the traditional democratic leadership continues to employ underhanded language the kind of ‘strategic ambiguity’ that offers full support to Israel and nothing but lip service to Palestine and peace.
On Israel’s bizarre definitions: The West Bank is already annexed
Wednesday 8-July-2020
Wednesday July 1 was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30% of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date however came and went and annexation was never actualized.
The ‘Palestinian Chair’: Exposing Israel’s direct role in US violence
Tuesday 16-June-2020
The banning of deadly police practices by many American states and cities following the murder of an African American man George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers is once more shedding light on US-Israeli collaboration in the fields of security and crowd-control.
How Will Palestinians Respond to Netanyahu’s Annexation?
Thursday 11-June-2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving forward with his annexation plans which would allow Israel to claim nearly a third of the overall size of the occupied Palestinian West Bank.
‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’: Israel’s China Strategy in Peril
Wednesday 3-June-2020
Israel’s balancing act that allowed it to reap America’s unconditional and often blind support while slowly benefiting from China’s growing economic influence and political prestige is already floundering.
Political ambiguity or a doomsday weapon: Why Abbas abandoned Oslo
Wednesday 27-May-2020
This time we are told it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and the United States.
The Day My Grandfather Lost His Village in Palestine
Monday 18-May-2020
Starting on March 27 1948 a beautiful small Palestinian village called Beit Daras came under Zionist militias attacks.