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).
Friday 5-July-2019
Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881 but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with this rich continent.
Saturday 29-June-2019
Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington.
Saturday 22-June-2019
The United Nations’ World Refugee Day observed annually on June 20 should not merely represent a reminder of “the courage strength and determination of women men and children who are forced to flee their homeland under threat of persecution conflict and violence.”
Thursday 13-June-2019
In a TV interview on June 2 on the news docuseries “Axios” on the HBO channel Jared Kushner opened up regarding many issues in which his ‘Deal of the Century’ was a prime focus.
Saturday 8-June-2019
The Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli army Sharon Afek and the US Department of Defense General Counsel Paul Ney shared a platform at the ‘International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict’ which took place in Herzliya Israel between May 28-30.
Friday 31-May-2019
The Deal of the Century has inspired much discussion about Washington’s latest political gambit in the Middle East. Largely excluded from the debate however is the emotional toll involving the Arab peoples everywhere.
Tuesday 21-May-2019
Rim Banna a famous Palestinian singer who translated Palestine’s most moving poetry to song passed away on March 24 2018 at the age of 51.
Sunday 19-May-2019
Some are being misled to believe that the soon-to-be-announced deal of the century is a US-sponsored peace initiative aimed at resolving the so-called Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Wednesday 15-May-2019
On May 4 Israel launched a series of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip prompting a response from various resistance groups.
Tuesday 7-May-2019
The International Conference on Palestine held in Istanbul between April 27-29 brought together many speakers and hundreds of academics journalists activists and students from Turkey and all over the world.
Friday 3-May-2019
A recent statement made by the outgoing French Ambassador to the US regarding the nature of Israeli apartheid accentuates a larger ailment that has afflicted the European Union foreign policy.
Friday 26-April-2019
As the 300-foot spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat Refugee Camp my childhood home in the Gaza Strip.
Saturday 20-April-2019
So what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9?
Monday 15-April-2019
The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan declared that the “party is over.”
Monday 8-April-2019
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons are gearing up for a mass hunger strike. Already horrific conditions in these jails deteriorated further in recent months especially since the announcement by Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan that the “party is over”.
Friday 29-March-2019
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit described various comments made by the head of Otzma Yehudit as “incitement to racism.”