Israel protests are not about democracy but ideology
Tuesday 1-August-2023
The late Israeli commentator Uri Avnery wrote I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle … is assuming a more and more religious character.
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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Wednesday 26-July-2023
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Will Abbas lead Palestinians to civil war?
Tuesday 18-July-2023
This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to exit the stage. But he will not.
Netanyahu’s remarks should prompt paradigm shift in occupied Palestine
Saturday 8-July-2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is known to be against the establishment of a Palestinian state but now he has made it clear that he wants to go even further.
The armed revolt: Why Israel cannot crush the Resistance in Palestine
Sunday 2-July-2023
Numbers can be dehumanizing. However when placed in their proper context they help to illuminate wider issues and answer urgent questions such as why is Occupied Palestine at the threshold of a major revolt.
The extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin will not surrender
Wednesday 28-June-2023
A large Israeli military force raided the northern Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin on 19 June from multiple directions.
‘Celebrating’ then blaming the victims
Wednesday 21-June-2023
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This is why Israel wants to reactivate E1 Plan
Wednesday 14-June-2023
The Israeli government is at it again actively discussing the construction of thousands of illegal settlement units as part of a massive settlement expansion scheme known as E1.
China’s criticism of US ‘piecemeal crisis management’ in Palestine
Tuesday 6-June-2023
Remarks on 24 May by China’s Ambassador to the UN on the situation in Occupied Palestine were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law.
How Netanyahu is provoking armed Intifada in the West Bank
Wednesday 31-May-2023
After signing a military decree on 18 May allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement.
Not on our dime! Why US Democrats are growingly challenging Israel
Wednesday 24-May-2023
Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel there are some indications that the supposed ‘unbreakable bond’ with Tel Aviv is faltering though more in language than in deeds.
How Palestinians Defeated Netanyahu and Redefined ‘Unity’
Monday 15-May-2023
All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of ‘security’ and ‘fighting terrorism’.
Who said BDS has ‘already failed’?
Thursday 4-May-2023
A succession of events starting in Barcelona Spain in February and followed in Liège Belgium and Oslo Norway in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well.
How the Nakba came to define the collective Palestinian identity
Thursday 27-April-2023
The Palestinian Nakba will be 75 years old on 15 May.
How Palestinian Arab Resistance changed rules of war with Israel
Tuesday 18-April-2023
When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022 it declared that its target was the Islamic Jihad only. Indeed neither Hamas nor the other Gaza-based groups engaged directly in the fighting.