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).
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.
Sunday 21-April-2024
The New York Times (NYT) coverage of the Israeli carnage in Gaza, like that of other mainstream US media, is a disgrace to journalism.
Wednesday 17-April-2024
The distance between Gaza and Namibia is measured in terms of thousands of kilometers, but the historical distance is much closer.
Wednesday 10-April-2024
Israel described its clearly deliberate killing of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza on 1 April as a “grave mistake”, a “tragic event” of a kind that “happens in war”.
Wednesday 3-April-2024
Historically, wars tend to unite Israelis, but not any more. It’s not that Israelis do not agree with Benjamin Netanyahu’s war aims; they simply do not believe that the prime minister is the man who can win this supposedly existential fight.
Wednesday 27-March-2024
Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of Israel’s war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Wednesday 20-March-2024
When a country’s foreign policy as large and significant as that of the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen.
Tuesday 12-March-2024
“All we can do for Gaza is just offer our Du’a.” This is an oft-repeated statement by enraged Arabs and Muslims who feel helpless before the Israeli genocide in Gaza.