The Trump Presidency May be Better for Palestine
Friday 6-January-2017
Israel is dizzy. January 20th has been like another Christmas Day and Donald Trump is jolly old Santa Claus bearing gifts.
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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Time to Bid Farewell to Washington and Embrace the Globe
Friday 30-December-2016
It is time to move away from Washington and to embrace the rest of the world.
For Palestinians Zionism only Means One Thing
Thursday 22-December-2016
On 12 December the British government officially adopted a new definition of anti-Semitism that includes legitimate criticism of Israel.
Was The Women’s Boat to Gaza an Existential Threat?
Thursday 13-October-2016
The Israeli official narrative regarding its conflict with the Palestinians is deliberately confounded because a muddled up discourse is a convenient one.
Shimon Peres An Israeli Brand without Substance
Wednesday 5-October-2016
Former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres was presented to the world as stately wise a relentless advocate of peace and a sane voice amidst a conflict deemed senseless and unending.
Ban Ki-moon’s Legacy in Palestine: Failure in Words and Deeds
Monday 3-October-2016
Ban Ki-moon’s second term as UN secretary-general is ending this December he was the most ideal man for the job as far as the United States and its allies are concerned.
The Native American the Palestinian: A Spirited Fight for Justice
Thursday 15-September-2016
Thousands of Native Americans resurrected the fighting spirit of their forefathers as they stood in unprecedented unity to contest an oil company’s desecration of their sacred land in North Dakota.
Punishing the Messenger: Israel’s War on NGOs Takes a Worrying Turn
Friday 26-August-2016
“You deserve to see your loved ones suffer and die. But maybe you would be hurt before them” was part of a threatening message received by a staff member at ‘Al-Mezan’ a Gaza-based human rights group.
Farewell to Yarmouk: A Palestinian Refugee’s Journey from Izmir to Greece
Thursday 28-July-2016
The refugee camp of Yarmouk was ever present in his being pulling him in and out of an abyss of persistent fears that urged him to never return. But what was this refugee without Yarmouk his first haven his last earth?
Being Black Palestinian: Solidarity as a Welcome Pathology
Thursday 14-July-2016
Last year I wrote an article that made many readers unhappy. As soon as it was published I began receiving messages of abuse and angry threatening calls.
People above Politics: Political Deal will not Hamper the Turkish-Palestinian Bond
Saturday 9-July-2016
Hyped emotions and political opportunism aside the Israel-Turkey normalization deal signed on June 27 is unfavorable for Palestinians – and for Gazans in particular.
Israel’s Future is Terrifying: Moshe Ya’alon and Israel’s Disconcerting ‘Morality’
Thursday 2-June-2016
Israeli society is constantly swerving to the Right and by doing so the country’s entire political paradigm is redefined regularly.
Time to End the ‘Hasbara’: Palestinian Media and the Search for a Common Story
Thursday 26-May-2016
Merely being in the company of hundreds of Palestinian journalists and other media professionals from all over the world has been an uplifting experience.
Roots of the Conflict: Palestine’s Nakba in the Larger Arab ‘Catastrophe’
Thursday 19-May-2016
On May 15th of every year over the past 68 years Palestinians have commemorated their collective exile from Palestine. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine to make room for a ‘Jewish homeland’.
The Spirit of Nelson Mandela in Palestine: Is His Real Legacy Being Upheld?
Monday 9-May-2016
I had mixed feelings when I learned that Palestine has erected a statue of Nelson Mandela the iconic South African anti-Apartheid leader.
Non-violent BDS Should Be Welcomed Not Condemned
Thursday 7-April-2016
A thousand Israelis and their supporters gathered in Jerusalem’s International Convention Center on March 28 at a conference aimed at combating the BDS.