Ramzy Baroud

Israel versus the UN — the Nikki Haley doctrine

Ramzy Baroud | Sunday 18 June 2017
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, seems to be championing a single cause: Israel. When Haley speaks about Israel, her language is not merely emotive nor tailored to fit the need of a specific occasion. Rather, her words are resolute,...
Journalism, history and war: Sit, type and bleed

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 12 June 2017
The typical newsroom setup, where journalists chase after headlines dictated by a centralized news-gathering agency — often based in a Western capital — no longer suffices. In the case of the Middle East, the news narrative has been defined by...
The unwanted ‘bride’: Can the 1967 war offer opportunity for peace?

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 5 June 2017
There is a saying that goes: “Be careful what you wish for, it might just come true.” This has been Israel’s dilemma from the very beginning. The Zionist movement, which held its first conference 120 years ago in Basel, Switzerland, wanted...
Trump’s visit to Israel: How US media ignored Palestinians’ plight

Ramzy Baroud | Sunday 28 May 2017
The US President Donald Trump left many analysts mystified after his 27-hour trip to Israel. It was as if he had been transformed into a master politician overnight. Mitchell Barak, an Israeli pollster and former political adviser, was quoted...
New charter: Should Hamas rewrite the past?

Ramzy Baroud | Thursday 11 May 2017
Now that Hamas has officially changed its charter, one should not immediately assume that the decision is, in itself, an act of political maturity. Undoubtedly, Hamas’ first charter, which was released to the public in August 1988, reflected a...
The real reasons behind the Palestinian hunger strike

Ramzy Baroud | Monday 1 May 2017
Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison too, segmented into various wards known as areas A, B and C. In fact, all Palestinians are subjected to varied degrees of military restrictions. At some level, they are all...
Palestinian, Jewish voices must jointly challenge Israel’s past

Ramzy Baroud | Thursday 27 April 2017
Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including refugees’ right of return: Rewriting history, distracting from present realities and claiming the Palestinian narrative as an...
Who will fill the Arab world’s intellectual vacuum?

Ramzy Baroud | Thursday 20 April 2017
After spending a few months back in the Middle East, I find myself astounded by the absence of strong Arab intellectual voices. The region that gave rise to the likes of Michel Aflaq, George Habash, Rached Al-Ghannouchi, Edward Said and...
Palestine’s tragic anniversaries not only about remembrance

Ramzy Baroud | Wednesday 12 April 2017
For Palestinians, 2017 is a year of significant anniversaries. While historians mark May 15 as the anniversary of the date on which Palestinians were expelled from their homeland in 1948, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians began in earnest...
The next phase in the war on BDS

Ramzy Baroud | Friday 31 March 2017
Israel has violated international law more than any other country, yet has rarely, if ever, been held accountable for its crimes and misconduct. Israel’s successful PR campaigns via ever-willing Western media partners, coupled with relentless...